Local Partners
Local partnerships create lasting solutions
Our in-country partners are the key to our work. They are financial institutions operating in the communities we serve. They understand the unique challenges and opportunities in their communities, helping to bring access to small, affordable loans for safe water and sanitation to people living in poverty through our WaterCredit solution.
Thanks to their real-time problem solving and long-term understanding of local market needs, our partners help us reach more people, faster.
Expanding access to water through our financial partners
Many financial institutions in developing countries aren't offering loans for water and sanitation to people in need. Water.org brings resources and consulting expertise to these organizations, equipping them to successfully add water and sanitation loans to their portfolios of offerings.
Partners who implement our solutions are a crucial connection to the people we empower. They are true collaborators working to change lives with safe water and sanitation.
More than 163 partners around the world have joined our effort and share our vision to end the global water crisis, bringing expertise, market insights, passion and results.
Together with these partners, we've helped mobilize $8.6 billion in capital to support small loans that bring access to safe water and sanitation to millions of people in need.
Pictured, Nanda of SIDUR in India discusses the benefits of financing for water and sanitation access.
From where we work around the world, our partners share why working with us to help people in need get access to small loans for water and sanitation is important to their businesses and their communities.
Our partners help scale our impact
Our partners in the countries where we work are making loans for safe water and sanitation possible for people in need in their own communities.
Our partners have disbursed 21.1 million loans for $8.6 billion, reaching more than million people in need of safe water or sanitation.
The power of partnerships in Brazil
Our partner representative from Banco do Nordeste in Brazil shares how their bank works in partnership with Water.org to help improve the economic and social conditions of rural farming families in the area through access to small loans for safe water.
Vitor of AgroAmigo, part of Banco do Nordeste in Brazil, explains how their work with Water.org helps serve local farmers, providing access to safe water for families and their farms.
Watch as Nanda of SIDUR explains how Water.org introduced the idea of lending for water and sanitation to her Indian-based organization, and how the solution is now empowering people including Renuka with more than taps and toilets.
Expanding access to safe water and sanitation in India
Together with our partners at SIDUR in India, Water.org made small, affordable loans possible for families in Hyderabad. "With water and sanitation, there are so many things... health is there, education is there... children can go to school," says Nanda of SIDUR.
Supporting banks in Africa to lend for water and sanitation solutions
In addition to microfinance institutions, Water.org works closely with commercial banks. In Africa, we work with banks like PostBank Uganda, Family Bank in Kenya, and Equity Bank in Tanzania. Through these partnerships, Water.org supports the banks to lend for water and sanitation at multiple levels – to households, to small and medium enterprises, and to water utilities.
Featured in this video is the testimony of Augustine from PostBank Uganda. Watch as he describes the benefits of lending for water and sanitation to people in need in Uganda.
Pictured, Rev. Fr. D’Ameda directs the water and sanitation lending program for our partners organization, Organization for the Development of the People (ODP) Mysore.
The power of partnership
We provide our partners with technical assistance, connections, and small grants, where needed, so they can provide small, affordable loans to people in need of water and sanitation solutions.
We understand that working with Water.org is a reflection of your organization's values and commitment to making a difference in your community. Our team will work with you to create a program that supports the goals of your business.
Our partners
Our local financial institution partners are changing the lives of people in need in their own communities by providing affordable financing for safe water and sanitation solutions. We also work with water service provider partners to help expand their coverage and deliver quality water services to people in need.
- Bangladesh
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Local partners in Bangladesh
- ASA
- Basic Unit for Resources and Opportunities Bangladesh (BURO)
- BRAC Bank PLC
- Eco-Social Development Organization
- Institute for Inclusive Finance and Development (InM)
- People's Oriented Program Implementation
- Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service
- Rural Reconstruction Foundation
- United Development Initiatives for Programmed Actions
- Village Education Resource Center
- Young Power in Social Action
- Brazil
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Local partners in Brazil
- Banco da Familia
- Banco do Nordeste do Brasil / Instituto Nordeste Cidadania
- Central Ailos - Sistema de Cooperativas de Crédito
- Sicoob Centro
- Cambodia
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Local partners in Cambodia
- AMK Microfinance Institution Plc
- Cambodia Microfinance Association
- Chamroeun Microfinance Limited
- Credit Guarantee Corporation of Cambodia
- Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia
- KONGKEA CAPITAL MFI
- LOLC (Cambodia) Plc
- Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia
- India
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Local partners in India
- CreditAccess Grameen
- Gram Utthan
- IndusInd Bank
- Kinara Capital
- Mahila Abhivruddhi Society, Andhra Pradesh (APMAS)
- Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal
- MoneyBoxx
- Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)
- Sa-Dhan
- Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services
- SHRI MAHILA SEWA SAHKARI BANK LTD
- Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (USFB)
- Indonesia
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Local partners in Indonesia
- Bank Jawa Tengah
- Bina Artha Ventura
- BMT NU Gapura
- Forum BPR BKK Jawa Tengah
- Forum Koperasi Syariah
- Koperasi Mitra Dhuafa (KOMIDA)
- Koperasi Syariah Benteng Mikro Indonesia
- Perhimpunan Bank Perkreditan Rakyat Milik Pemerintah Daerah (PERBAMIDA)
- Kenya
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Local partners in Kenya
- AMFI-K
- Co-operative Bank of Kenya
- NCBA Group
- Mexico
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Local partners in Mexico
- Fundación Alemana Servicios (FAS)
- Peru
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Local partners in Peru
- Asociación de Instituciones de Microfinanzas del Perú
- Caja Municipal de Huancayo
- Federación Nacional de Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito
- Federación Peruana de Cajas Municipales de Ahorro y Crédito
- MiBanco
- Philippines
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Local partners in Philippines
- Ahon sa Hirap, Inc.
- ARDCI Credit Corporation
- ARDCIBank,Inc
- ASA Philippines Foundation Inc.
- CARD SME Bank
- Cebu Peoples Multipurpose Cooperative
- Community Economic Ventures Inc.
- First Community Cooperative
- Land Bank of the Philippines
- Lifebank
- Lifebank-A Rural Bank
- Microfinance Council of the Philippines
- Mindanao Microfinance Council Inc.
- Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation
- Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc.
- Taytay sa Kauswagan, Inc
- Tulay sa Pag-unlad Inc.
- Tanzania
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Local partners in Tanzania
- TAMFI
- Tanzania Commercial Bank
- Uganda
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Local partners in Uganda
- Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda
- Centenary Bank Uganda
- Equity Bank Uganda
- Finance Trust Bank
- Opportunity Bank Uganda, Limited
Together we can change millions of lives with safe water and sanitation.
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