Next Billion - WASH Away Inequity
March 22, 2018
CEO Gary White shares the impact of access to safe water through affordable financing, including a personal story of one woman's changed life in the Philippines.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review - Taps and Toilets for All
Feb. 26, 2018
Written by Gary White and Matt Damon. Microfinance for water and sanitation enables people to find their own solutions.
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Water, Water Everywhere, Costs More Than You Might Think
Dec. 7, 2017
The case for digital finance in the water sector
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Answering the Call to Invest in the World’s Poor
Nov. 1, 2017
Article by Gary White, CEO and Co-founder of Water.org, for the International Water Association
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A Kansas City Social Entrepreneur Says Global Water Crisis Can Be Solved In His Lifetime
Oct. 20, 2017
“It is doable,” White told host Steve Kraske on a recent edition of KCUR's Up to Date. “We solved this problem in the U.S. and in Europe more than 100 years ago. It's not rocket science. We're not looking for a silver bullet. We know how to do this.”
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Matt Damon: We need to talk about toilets
Aug. 14, 2017
Hollywood star Matt Damon is trying to improve sanitation in developing countries, one toilet at a time.
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The Guardian - Matt Damon: 'Children are drinking water so dirty it looks like chocolate milk'
April 24, 2017
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Next Billion - How Water.org 'Took a Leap of Faith' into Social Impact Investing
March 22, 2017
Research and experience has shown that there is a $12 billion demand among families at the base of the economic pyramid (BoP) for access to affordable financing, such as small loans, to meet their water and sanitation needs
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WASHfunders- COP21 Offers an Opportunity to Integrate Water, Climate and Human Development
May 12, 2016
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Town & Country Magazine - How Matt Damon is Fighting For Clean Drinking Water Around the World
May 10, 2016
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