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Together, we've empowered millions of people with access to safe water and sanitation. We invite you to meet some of them and read their stories.

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Amina brings a wellspring of hope to her community

With quiet determination, Amina dug a well. She was able to do this using a small affordable loan made possible through our local financial partner in her community. After digging the well, Amina also financed the installation of a pipe system to bring water directly to her home. What began as a solution for her family quickly became a lifeline for her community. Read more about how this mother of four solved her own family's water crisis and that of hundreds in her community.

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“I’ve taken the buckets down from their heads. They can finish their housework early and go out to earn a living. I’ve liberated myself—and helped them liberate themselves too.”
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And so she sews

Margaret enthusiastically shared her excitement about having access to water just steps from her home now. For a loan of 50,000 Kenyan Shillings (about $500) Margaret has two rain storage tanks with gutters on her home that can carry water down to the tanks.

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Gecilda is at peace and happy

Gecilda’s life in Sitio Boa Esperança, a small rural community in Brazil, was once defined by her family’s need for water and the challenges she faced to obtain it. Watch to find out how a small, affordable loan for a lasting safe water solution helped change her life

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From safe water flows hope

Aucilene's story is one of resilience, transformation, and hope. Before her family got lasting, affordable access to a safe water solution, Aucilene felt every day was a battle. “It was tough,” she recalls. “We had to collect water from far away.” Thanks to your support, Aucilene has access to safe water at home now, where hope and opportunities for her family flow.

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She is a warrior

“Being a woman and getting water… is being a warrior!” After years of relentless struggle to find and collect the water her family needed to survive, Francisca stands victorious over her water crisis. “I am a real warrior because I have been through a lot of hard times,” she declares with pride.

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Finding their wealth in safe water

Jacqueline's story is a testament to the determination many women and their families demonstrate as they endure and overcome one of the world's greatest challenges, a lack of access to safe water at home.

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She is not afraid anymore

With no more uncertainty about the quality of their water or where it will come from each day, Carfel confidently shared, “I am not afraid anymore.” Thanks to the support of our generous donors and funders, Carfel’s worries and fears about the water her family needed have turned to gratitude and comfort because now they have lasting access to safe water at home and the health, hope, and life that flow from it.

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From far away to close to home

Her family used to walk more than one hour to collect the water they needed. From far away to close to home, Christina shortened the distance between her family and the safe water they needed to survive and thrive.

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