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.
To get enough water for her family to survive, Isidiana often visited the community well during the night to collect more water than community members were allowed so she could wash her family's clothing and bathe her daughters for school. Read more to find out how this mother of three in Peru solved her family's water and sanitation crisis, giving them lasting solutions, day and night.
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Like all families, everywhere, Benigna’s family needed water every day. “It was hard to get water,” she explained, “we suffered a lot.” Read more about how a small loan for a safe water solution helped end the suffering and improve Benigna's life.
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Without a source of water at home, obtaining water to wash and cook the food Felicitas sells to earn income has impacted her life and her family's livelihood. Read more to find out how a small loan for an improved sanitation solution and water connection changed her life.
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For years, one of the heaviest burdens Sri carried was the lack of a toilet and safe water at home for her family. Read more to find out how a small loan through our local partner helped ease this burden, and change Sri's life.
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From hardship to happiness, find out how Tukinem’s decision to change her family’s lives with safe water inspired an entire community—bringing the health, hope and peace that flow from lasting access to safe water at home, to more families in need.
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With a small loan made available to Salma through our local partner bank, Salma was able to connect to her water utility. Yet even with safe water flowing indoors, another problem remained. “I still didn’t have septic tanks for proper sanitation,” she explained. “I didn’t have a proper water flow or sewage system, which was really tough.” Find out how Salma solved her family's water and sanitation crisis.
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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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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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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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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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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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“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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