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Find the latest news and press releases about our work in the water and sanitation sector below.

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ABC - Can celebrities influence environmental issues? Experts weigh in.

April 22, 2024

ABC's Julia Jacobo spoke with Co-founder Matt Damon about the scale of the water crisis and its intrinsic relationship with climate change.

ABC - Power of Water: Mexico’s water warriors

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.

Fortune - Climate change is exacerbating the global water crisis. Corporations must be part of the solution

March 22, 2023

771 million people around the world don't have access to safe water. 1.7 billion do not have a toilet. But there are solutions that work.

TubeFilter - Ryan Trahan’s latest penny challenge raised $400,000 for Water.org

July 7, 2023

Ryan Trahan successfully made it back to America in just one week, starting from one penny. And he raised more than $400,000 for Water.org in the process.

SDG Media Zone | United Nations - Matt Damon on "Breaking through to a Water-secure Planet"

March 22, 2023

Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, interviews Water.org Co-founders Matt Damon and Gary White.

EuroNews - Clean water shortages steal women’s time. Here’s what happens when they get it back.

March 8, 2023

Water.org's Senior Knowledge Analyst, Zehra Shabbir, contributes to a conversation about why the water crisis is a woman's crisis.

KC Magazine - Water.org and Bank of America Expand Safe Water

Jan. 1, 2016

Tempus Magazine - Water.org co-founders Matt Damon and Gary White are empowering the planet one tap at a time

Dec. 31, 2015

InStyle - Matt Damon on the Moment He Realized He Could Have a Huge Impact on Lives Around the World

Sept. 12, 2015

Huffington Post - It's Expensive to Be Poor

Sept. 9, 2015

Reuters - U.N. states agree post-2015 sustainable development agenda

Aug. 2, 2015

New York Times - Dirty Water and Open Defecation Threaten Gains in Child Health

June 30, 2015

One.org - Matt Damon, Gary White, and Water.org continue to scale impact globally

June 22, 2015

Goodnet - Q&A with Gary White

June 8, 2015

Brink News - Using Market Forces To Solve The Water Crisis

March 25, 2015

Huffington Post - A Journey to Sundance to Help Save Lives

March 24, 2015

World Economic Forum - Will 2015 Be the Turning Point for Water