Lack of access to water is a critical issue facing many plantation communities in the Hatton-Thalawakele region. Australian Aid, together with World Vision Lanka, implemented REWASH, a water purification and supply program in 2012, delivering clean drinking water to the households of more than 1,000 communities in the Nuwaraeliya district. By providing this basic need to communities in the region, the REWASH initiative has changed the lives of thousands of people whose thirst has now been bestowed with an abundance of this elixir of life. © Reza Akram / DFAT 2017