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Water.org and Founding Partners Launch Get Blue™ to Bring Water Home™ Through Everyday Actions

June 9, 2026

Join Get Blue™, co-founded by Water.org’s Matt Damon and Gary White, and partners Gap Inc., Starbucks, Amazon, and Ecolab to shop, share, and donate to help end the global water crisis.

The TODAY Show - Matt Damon, Gary White Talk Global Water Crisis and Solutions

June 9, 2026

Water.org co-founders Gary White and Matt Damon joined the TODAY Show to talk about Get Blue and why bringing safe water home for families around the world is within reach. "It's a massive problem but we have solutions," Damon says. Five dollars helps one person get lasting access to safe water or sanitation.

TIME - Water Will Be the Defining Business Issue of the Decade

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.

TIME - Vedika Bhandarkar Believes We Can Solve the Water Crisis in Our Lifetime

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.

NextBillion - The Keys to Successful Blue Bonds: How Peru’s Strong Local Lending Systems Are Expanding Water and Sanitation Access

May 26, 2026

For millions of families safe water solutions exist and are within reach — what's missing is affordable financing to pay for them. Water.org's Rocio Cavazos explains how two blue bond issuances are closing that gap for people in need in Peru, and what it took to build the lending systems that made them possible.

TIME - The Key to Solving the Global Water Crisis

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.

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

March 24, 2015

Huffington Post - An Open Letter to World Leaders

March 17, 2015

World Economic Forum - 7 Reasons Why Water is Vital for a Sustainable Future

March 7, 2015

Forbes - Water.org Looks To 'WaterCredit' To Expand Access To Water And Sanitation

Feb. 25, 2015

Huffington Post - What Do Ebola, ISIS, the Empire State Building, Skipping School, and $260 Billion All Have in Common?

Feb. 8, 2015

Triple Pundit - Why Stella Artois Wants You to Buy A Lady A Drink

Jan. 29, 2015

Glamour - What Would You Do With An Extra Hour Each Day? Here's Something You Can Do To Help Women Around The World

Jan. 25, 2015