Find the latest news and press releases about our work in the water and sanitation sector below.
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Oct. 5, 2023
The health of people around the world starts with access to safe water and sanitation. Read a piece originally published on Impakter from Water.org Insights Lead, Southeast Asia, Kiki Tazkiyah, about four ways we can see safe water improve health holistically and protect and save lives.
Read moreJuly 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.
Read moreMarch 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.
Read moreMarch 8, 2023
Water.org's Senior Knowledge Analyst, Zehra Shabbir, contributes to a conversation about why the water crisis is a woman's crisis.
Read moreMarch 1, 2023
Co-founders of Water.org, Matt Damon and Gary White on global water inequality.
Read moreOct. 10, 2022
Actor Matt Damon and entrepreneur Gary White are fighting to change water crisis numbers.
Read moreSept. 20, 2022
Matt Damon, Gary White, and Kris Licht provide their perspective on what needs to be done to end the global water crisis.
Read moreSept. 20, 2022
Amazon will also help launch one of the largest private investment portfolios in water and climate, bringing lasting water access for 100 million people.
Read moreNov. 1, 2021
Via CNN - Why addressing the water crisis is critical in fighting the climate crisis - an interview with Water.org Co-founders Gary White and Matt Damon
Watch hereOct. 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.
Read moreAug. 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.
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.
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