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Together, we've empowered millions of people with access to safe water and sanitation. We invite you to meet some of them and read their stories.

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From dust to abundance, Amina's family now thrives

With safe water flowing, everything in Amina's life in Tanzania has shifted. Chores that once took hours now take minutes. Amina and her family can bathe, cook, and clean without delay, freeing Amina to focus on her chicken and banana farming. Her income has grown, her health has improved, and her joy is palpable. Find out more about why now, Amina can say, “I have total peace of mind."

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Amina brings a wellspring of hope to her community

Amina's family needed water at home. Through our local financial partner, Amina was able to finance a safe water solution to bring water directly to her home. What began as a solution for her family quickly became a lifeline for her community. Read more about how this mother of four solved her own family's water crisis and that of hundreds in her community.

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Edileuza's classroom: Where safe water and learning come together

Edileuza is a respected leader and educator in her rural mountain community of Lagoa Verde, located in Northeast Brazil. For the past 24 years, she has dedicated her life to teaching the children of this remote village. Edileuza has observed the power of safe water to contribute to healthy students and increased attendance in her classroom. She is thankful the families of her students are getting safe water solutions at home through the work of Water.org.

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Bright days ahead for Afroza's family

For Afroza, water is so much more than a necessity—it is health, and it is freedom. With every drop of water drawn from her well, she is reminded that new days full of hope and possibility are ahead. Read her story.

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From fear and heartache to comfort and pride

For many moms, the health and safety of their children are always top of mind. Moms often prioritize providing their children with the essential resources needed to survive, even before considering their own needs. For Masura in Bangladesh, not being able to give her kids resources like safe water and a private toilet was scary and heartbreaking.

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Safe water in the midst of drought

After decades of contending with drought and thirst, a small loan changed everything for Hilberto and Luiza. The couple financed a water well and a storage tank that provide their family and farm animals with safe water and what they refer to as “pure joy” because now they have the water needed to survive and thrive.

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Gecilda is at peace and happy

Gecilda’s life in Sitio Boa Esperança, a small rural community in Brazil, was once defined by her family’s need for water and the challenges she faced to obtain it. Watch to find out how a small, affordable loan for a lasting safe water solution helped change her life

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From safe water flows hope

Aucilene's story is one of resilience, transformation, and hope. Before her family got lasting, affordable access to a safe water solution, Aucilene felt every day was a battle. “It was tough,” she recalls. “We had to collect water from far away.” Thanks to your support, Aucilene has access to safe water at home now, where hope and opportunities for her family flow.

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She is a warrior

“Being a woman and getting water… is being a warrior!” After years of relentless struggle to find and collect the water her family needed to survive, Francisca stands victorious over her water crisis. “I am a real warrior because I have been through a lot of hard times,” she declares with pride.

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Finding their wealth in safe water

Jacqueline's story is a testament to the determination many women and their families demonstrate as they endure and overcome one of the world's greatest challenges, a lack of access to safe water at home.

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She is not afraid anymore

With no more uncertainty about the quality of their water or where it will come from each day, Carfel confidently shared, “I am not afraid anymore.” Thanks to the support of our generous donors and funders, Carfel’s worries and fears about the water her family needed have turned to gratitude and comfort because now they have lasting access to safe water at home and the health, hope, and life that flow from it.

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From far away to close to home

Her family used to walk more than one hour to collect the water they needed. From far away to close to home, Christina shortened the distance between her family and the safe water they needed to survive and thrive.

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