The Rotary Pacific Water for Life Foundation (RPWLF) was established in August 2007 to assist rural communities with the provision of sustainable, clean and safe drinking water.

Registered as a limited liability company, it is administered by a Board of Directors with a manager and a staff of two.

Up till July 2009 it has 50 completed projects in various parts of Fiji costing $760,903 and benefiting a total of 18,600 people. There are around 102 more pending projects on the islands of Viti Levu, Yasawas, Kadavu, Vanua Levu and other islands.

These projects are a partnership between the Foundation and the villages, the former providing the funding and the village on its part, making its people available to assist in the construction and installation works with labour input.

Applications for assistance are assessed by a Technical Advisory Committee comprising electrical and mechanical engineers, hydrogeologists, marine biologists and representatives from Government's Water Supplies and Mineral Resources departments, who all assist the Foundation in areas where their professional expertise are required and also supervise construction and installation works which are carried out by contractors.

The nature and size of these projects range from the provision of water tanks and piping or for the larger type, digging of boreholes, electrical pumping into storage tanks and reticulation into individual homes.

There is also a Water Committee consisting of men and women from the village which meets regularly for the duration of the project and manages the facility after its commissioning.

The Foundation also believes that education is a very essential aspect of any successful project such as these and has engaged the services of Partners in Community Development Fiji (PCDF) which conducts training and awareness workshops on water management, sanitation and best practice methods.

The Foundation receives annual funding from four local donors who include the Fiji Water Foundation, Golden Manufacturers, Westpac Banking Corporation and the Vodafone ATH Fiji Foundation while offshore funding is provided by the Rotary International Foundation.