Project Clear — 1,200 Wells Across the Sahel
Deploying solar-powered borehole systems across drought-stricken communities. 340,000 people gained clean water access in Phase I.
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2.4M
Human lives directly touched through emergency relief, infrastructure, and sustainable development programs.
$48M
Across 12 active programs in 38 countries this fiscal year.
127
Countries where Ember programs operate or coordinate response.
96%
Of every dollar reaches direct programming. No excuses. Radical transparency.
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"Ember Global doesn't operate on a quarterly cycle. Crisis operates on a human one — and that's the clock we run by."
— Dr. Amara Diallo, Director of Operations
Right now, 783 million people lack access to clean water. Climate displacement will create an estimated 1.2 billion refugees by 2050. These are not projections. They are trajectories — and trajectories can be bent.
$1 deployed
returns an estimated $8.40 in long-term community economic value — World Bank, 2024.
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Deploying solar-powered borehole systems across drought-stricken communities. 340,000 people gained clean water access in Phase I.
Partnering with 38 indigenous nations to establish legally-binding conservation corridors.
Prefab flood-resistant housing for 12,000 displaced families across coastal Bangladesh and Vietnam.
Distributing drought-resistant seed varieties and soil restoration kits to 240,000 smallholder farmers facing their third consecutive crop failure.
240K
Farmers enrolled
$6.2M
Needed by June 2026
A field engineer's account of Project Clear Phase II — deploying 1,200 solar-powered boreholes across the Sahel's hardest-to-reach corridors.
Four consecutive failed rainy seasons have pushed 22 million people in the Horn of Africa to the edge of famine. Our field directors report from the ground.
The 1951 Refugee Convention does not recognize climate displacement. As sea levels rise and droughts intensify, over a billion people face statelessness with no international protection framework.
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