Find the latest news and press releases about our work in the water and sanitation sector below.
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Oct. 13, 2020
"I have been working in the water industry for a long time, but I have never seen so much global attention being placed on the importance of water, sanitation, and hygiene as it has in the past few months. The pandemic has made clear that water is basic “PPE”."
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Oct. 11, 2020
Hear from Vedika Bhandarkar, Water.org's Chief Global Impact Officer, on how market-driven strategies can help expand access to safe water, and open up opportunities to women.
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Oct. 9, 2020
Water.org's Sector Strategy Manager, Lesley Pories, shares how we need to see change from both government Finance Ministers and the private finance sector to help solve the global water and sanitation crisis.
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Oct. 6, 2020
How a united determination to overcome the water crisis brought Matt Damon and Gary White together to launch Water.org.
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Oct. 1, 2020
People who now have access to safe water through Water.org’s efforts are more resilient to the global pandemic. Water.org continues its multi-layered efforts to empower more people living in poverty with access to safe water.
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Aug. 25, 2020
"Because water and sanitation are the most essential of essential services, there was never any possibility of putting our mission on hold." Water.org's Rich Thorsten, on the global pandemic's effect on our work and how we're taking action.
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Aug. 11, 2020
“The virality of this pandemic highlights the critical need for increased investment to accelerate access to safe water and sanitation for all.” By Water.org’s Manoj Gulati, Managing Director India, a read on the need for access to safe water and sanitation in impoverished communities to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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July 31, 2020
RB is supporting Water.org to help change the lives of more than 68,000 Kenyans with access to safe water.
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July 13, 2020
COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the way organizations execute their social media plans. A guest post on Nonprofit Tech for Good from Water.org's Senior Content Creator illuminates how we have adapted our social media strategy during the pandemic.
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June 15, 2020
"Wherever we can empower people to solve their own water and sanitation problems, they can break the poverty cycle." Water.org's Chief Impact Officer, Rich Thorsten, shares about our work with financial institutions, water service providers and governments to empower people in poverty with access to safe water and sanitation.
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March 23, 2020
Gary White shares how investment on every possible level is what will end the water crisis and bring water and sanitation access to all.
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March 23, 2020
CEOs of seven global corporations to lead the Water Resilience Coalition, pledging a commitment to collective action and achieving a water resilient future in partnership with a host of organizations, including Water.org.
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