Find the latest news and press releases about our work in the water and sanitation sector below.
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Jan. 20, 2026
Matt Damon, Co-founder of Water.org, Richard Dickson, Chief Executive Officer of Gap Inc. and Kara Hurst, Amazon Chief Sustainability Officer discuss the "Get Blue" campaign, a major corporate partnership aimed at combatting the global water crisis.
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Jan. 20, 2026
Water.org has joined with Gap, Amazon, Starbucks and Ecolab to launch Get Blue, a global initiative to help the 2.1 billion people who lack safe water, and the 3.4 billion people who lack safe sanitation, access these essential resources.
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Jan. 23, 2026
Water shapes how people spend their time, the choices available to them, and their ability to participate in community and economic life. For the estimated 2.1 billion people who lack access to safe water and the 3.4 billion who lack access to safe sanitation, water dictates everything.
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May 1, 2025
TIME profiles Water.org President & COO Vedika Bhandarkar as part of Gold House’s A100 List, honoring the most impactful Asian Pacific leaders. Drawing on her 25-year career in finance, Vedika is helping unlock capital and scale smart solutions to accelerate access to safe water and sanitation, driving progress toward a world where everyone everywhere has the resources they need to thrive.
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March 8, 2025
Access to safe water reshapes daily life — reducing hours spent collecting water and opening doors to education, income earning opportunities, and community leadership. On International Women’s Day, we celebrate women’s achievements and acknowledge the barriers many still face.
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March 22, 2025
The global water crisis is one of the most urgent and complex challenges facing humanity today. More than 2.2 billion people lack access to safe water, and 3.5 billion lack access to safely managed sanitation. This crisis undermines health and safety, education, and economic opportunity.
Read moreOct. 13, 2020
President Jennifer Schorsch on how Water.org is making waves, and how the organization’s strategy and use of partnerships has evolved over the years.
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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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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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How a united determination to overcome the water crisis brought Matt Damon and Gary White together to launch Water.org.
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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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From Bloomberg Live a conversation with Jason Kelly and Water.org Co-founder and CEO Gary White and Water.org President Jennifer Schorsch on how with bold philanthropy and corporate commitment, we can solve global water issues and help bring safe water to all.
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"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.
Read moreAug. 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.
Read moreJuly 31, 2020
RB is supporting Water.org to help change the lives of more than 68,000 Kenyans with access to safe water.
Read moreJuly 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.
Read moreJune 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.
Read moreJune 5, 2020
The past two weeks have brought deep sadness and grief, justified anger and demands that we in the United States, and around the globe, do better in building an equitable, just world. Read more from Jennifer Schorsch, President and Gary White, CEO and Co-founder.
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