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What the Night Makes Possible

Clean water carriesan entire community forward.

WaterIsLife helps fund deep borehole wells in Sierra Leone, connecting generosity in Fishers with life-giving clean water for families and villages.

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Children and adults gathered around the Katatina Community Well in Sierra Leone
A completed community well · Sierra Leone

Impact at a Glance

What happens in Fishersreaches Sierra Leone.

Year after year, generosity in Fishers helps sustain clean-water work for families and villages in Sierra Leone.

$200,000+

Net raised in 2025

225

Wells funded

200+

Completed wells carrying clean water

500,000+

People impacted

WaterIsLife in Sierra Leone

Community members playing drums and celebrating together near a completed well in Sierra Leone
01 · Celebration
Three WaterIsLife visitors standing beside a completed community well in Sierra Leone
02 · Community
Community members walking together in a village procession in Sierra Leone
03 · Connection

A Community Tradition

Built over years. Renewed in one room.

A 2008 proof of concept became the first public Charity Ball in 2009. In 2026, the 16th annual celebration carries that clean-water commitment forward.

  1. 2008Proof of concept

    The proof-of-concept year established what the WaterIsLife effort could become.

  2. 2009First public Charity Ball

    The public Charity Ball began bringing civic leaders, sponsors, donors, and friends together.

  3. 2026The 16th annual celebration

    The 16th Annual WaterIsLife Charity Ball carries the clean-water tradition forward at Fishers City Hall.

WaterIsLife, a signature project of the Rotary Clubs of Fishers, Indiana and Freetown, Sierra Leone
A woman drawing clean water from a community well pump in Sierra Leone

Choose How You Take Part

A seat, a table, a sponsorship, or a gift.

Every way of taking part carries the same clean-water mission forward.

Join the room on December 4, or carry the mission forward from wherever you are.

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