Find the latest news and press releases about our work in the water and sanitation sector below.
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March 6, 2020
Water.org's Vedika Bhandarkar is on Forbes India's list of Self Made Women 2020. After a successful first career in banking, Vedika is working to bring safe water and sanitation to those living at the base of the economic pyramid.
Read moreJan. 2, 2020
Access to water and sanitation is a global crisis. It’s also a women’s crisis. The burden of collecting water disproportionately falls to women and girls. To solve the water crisis, we must unlock new sources of capital through innovative financing. Doing so will unleash the power and potential of girls and women globally.
Read moreAug. 21, 2019
Women who lack access to life’s basics know exactly what they need. And they’re getting it.
Read moreMay 17, 2019
Hear from Melanie Mendrys, Director of brand and marketing, on her experience in Ethiopia and why we do what we do to help change lives in Ethiopia and around the world.
Read moreApril 8, 2019
How small, affordable loans made possible by Water.org are empowering women in Peru and around the world to turn their dreams into reality.
Read moreMarch 19, 2019
"It’s a hand up, not a hand out, and as such it is immensely empowering.” Water.org President, Jennifer Schorsch, on how Water.org is helping empower millions of women and their families with access to safe water and sanitation.
Read moreApril 4, 2018
Water.org’s work in India has established that water and sanitation is not a consumption product, but a loan that helps enhance household income.
Read moreNov. 1, 2017
Article by Gary White, CEO and Co-founder of Water.org, for the International Water Association
Read moreAug. 14, 2017
Hollywood star Matt Damon is trying to improve sanitation in developing countries, one toilet at a time.
Read moreMarch 22, 2017
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