Beyoncé has pledged to give 475,000 people in East Africa access to clean water by 2020.

Queen Bey partnered with UNICEF, Gucci and Chime for Change to build water wells, springs and boreholes in Burundi. According to her website, the BEYGOOD4BURUNDI project has already built 35 wells, and they hope to build 80 more wells by 2020. According to Ivy McGregor, ‎Director of Philanthropy and Corporate Relations at Parkwood Entertainment, Beyoncé’s company, this project is a continuation of work the organization has done in the United States.

“BEYGOOD4BURUNDI is a continuation of the work that Beyoncé, her family and Parkwood Entertainment are doing to address water crises around the world, including right here in the state of Louisiana and in Michigan,” said McGregor, who took a trip to Burundi earlier this year. “In Burundi I saw myself, my sisters and my mother in the strength of the women and young sisters travelling miles to carry water for their families.”

UNICEF released a statement confirming the partnership and praised the singer for her efforts.

“Addressing the global water crisis is one of the defining challenges of our time, and the children of Burundi are among the most vulnerable,” said Caryl M. Stern, President and CEO of UNICEF USA. “This unique partnership combines UNICEF’s decades of expertise in providing clean water to children in Burundi and around the world with the power and influence of the entertainment world to bring about social change. We are grateful to Beyoncé and BeyGOOD for joining forces with UNICEF to highlight this critical issue to new audiences.”

The project’s website includes facts about Burundi and the lack of water access. Only 60 percent of the country’s population has access to clean water, and only 16 percent of them have access to basic sanitation. This leaves citizens susceptible to waterborne diseases; the country was hit by a cholera outbreak in 2015. Lack of water access can also intensify the effects of issues like malnutrition, which affects 29.2 percent of children under five in Burundi.

Over 2.2 million people in Burundi spend over 30 minutes per day collecting water, and many of them are girls. Those girls miss school to travel long distances by foot to collect water, which leaves them susceptible to attacks.

Anyone interested in contributing to the project can donate here.

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