Find the latest news and press releases about our work in the water and sanitation sector below.
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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 13, 2025
Every year, on International Women’s Day (IWD), we celebrate the leadership of women who are creating change in their communities. This IWD, our Regional Director for Latin America, Rocio Cavazos, shares how women are driving solutions to the water crisis in Latin America.
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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.
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July 16, 2024
Water.org's Chief Revenue Officer, Lina Bonova, weighs in on the intersection of gender equality and access to safe water.
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April 19, 2023
ABC News’ Linsey Davis travels to Mexico to see firsthand the silent water crisis happening around the world, and speaks with Co-founder Matt Damon about his push to get access to clean water for all.
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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.
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Matt Damon and Gary White join Bloomberg TV on the UN's World Water Day to discuss investing in safe water access for various communities.
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Matt Damon, Water.org co-founder; Gary White, Water.org co-founder; Anne Finucane, Bank of America vice chair, and Miguel Patricio, Anheuser-Busch InBev, talk about the lack of access to clean water and sanitation around the world.
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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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Matt Damon and Gary White talk with Trevor Noah about their successful efforts to help millions of people in developing countries gain access to safe water.
Watch hereFeb. 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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Matt Damon and Gary White on the Today Show, discussing Water.org's partnership with Stella Artois
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The case for digital finance in the water sector
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Change a life with a toilet; donate to Water.org by texting TOILETS to 50555
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Gary White shares his experience in building Water.org to what it is now, the organization’s accomplishments and their plan to transform 60 million more lives in the next five years.
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Article by Gary White, CEO and Co-founder of Water.org, for the International Water Association
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