Where We Work
Our regional strategies help scale impact
Our regional teams work in Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. This allows us to:
- Build a strong presence in priority countries in each region while exploring new areas of impact.
- Address the diverse financing needs of the water and sanitation sector within each region.
- Cultivate deep networks across financial institutions, government organizations, water service providers, and other water and sanitation sector partners.
- Leverage local talent who bring local context and lived experience to our work.
- Support efficiency in our operational teams, quickly deploying resources across the region.
In each of the regions where we work, we are scaling and diversifying financial partnerships to drive impact through WaterCredit and expanding water and sanitation infrastructure solutions with utility partners by helping increase the capital invested and capital mobilized for water and sanitation solutions. With a focus on improving gender equity and climate resiliency, our regional strategies are helping reach more people in need, faster.
The progress of our programs and expansion varies in each of the countries where we work. From long-standing programs in India to exploring new regions in Latin America, here are some examples of where we've been and where we're headed.
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Millions of lives changed in India
Since 2004, Water.org has played a significant role in India’s progress toward improved water, sanitation and hygiene, changing more than 28 million lives through our WaterCredit solution, a model that made its first impact in India.
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Rapid growth in the Philippines
We started working in the Philippines in 2014. In less than a decade, we now have 26 financial institution partners and have reached more than 9.2 million people here. Our programs continue to grow and we’re currently working with local utility partners to reach even more people.
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New work in Mexico
As a result of market research, we found opportunity to bring our financial solutions to Mexico. Our first partner disbursed their first loans for water and sanitation in early 2020, and we are now working with 6 partners to scale our impact in this country that has a critical need for safe water and sanitation solutions for families living in poverty.
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Expanding our reach and changing more lives
As we scale impact in 11 countries, we continue to assess new markets. We're working to increase financing for water and sanitation around the world to achieve our vision and help accomplish the global goal of safe water and sanitation for all.
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