Women's empowerment stories

April showers bring flowers

A few dozen kilometers south of Bangalore, India, something new is blooming.

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Marina

Marina is a mother and a grandmother. Not only has she changed the world for her family, but she is changing the world for other children in her Filipino village.

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Sabina

Sabina approaches her days with bold wisdom, keen resourcefulness and a dedication to hard work.

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Ruth

Ruth is hopeful and determined. After a childhood spent collecting water, she wanted more for her adult life. She is now an artist, a wife, and an empowered mother who is changing her family’s world.

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Few things are more valuable than time

Without a water tap at home, Manjula had no choice but to carry a 20-30 pound container back-and-forth each day from a community water tank about a kilometer from her home.

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Give water credit for time

Access to safe water doesn't just provide women with one of life's necessities; it can unlock the possibility of a whole new life.

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She will play

A conversation between Water.org Co-Founder, Matt Damon and a young Haitian girl confirms when kids have access to safe water, then they have time to play.

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She's in control now

Rosalie was eager to share her water connection with us. She is a young mother and cannot imagine life for herself and her children without access to safe water.

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Half empty, or half full?

At her home in Kenya, Mary's old water tank posed a serious risk to her and her family's health as an open barrel of standing water can quickly become a breeding ground for disease-carrying mosquitoes.

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Aisyah is smart

Meet Aisyah. Empowered with access to safe water at home, she changed her own world.

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Nanda

Her smile is as warm as the herbal tea she prepares each morning to sell from her humble home in Mysore.

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