ABC - Can celebrities influence environmental issues? Experts weigh in.
April 22, 2024
ABC's Julia Jacobo spoke with Co-founder Matt Damon about the scale of the water crisis and its intrinsic relationship with climate change.
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ABC - Power of Water: Mexico’s water warriors
April 19, 2023
ABC News’ Linsey Davis travels to Mexico to see firsthand the silent water crisis happening around the world, and speaks with Co-founder Matt Damon about his push to get access to clean water for all.
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Fortune - Climate change is exacerbating the global water crisis. Corporations must be part of the solution
March 22, 2023
771 million people around the world don't have access to safe water. 1.7 billion do not have a toilet. But there are solutions that work.
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TubeFilter - Ryan Trahan’s latest penny challenge raised $400,000 for Water.org
July 7, 2023
Ryan Trahan successfully made it back to America in just one week, starting from one penny. And he raised more than $400,000 for Water.org in the process.
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SDG Media Zone | United Nations - Matt Damon on "Breaking through to a Water-secure Planet"
March 22, 2023
Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, interviews Water.org Co-founders Matt Damon and Gary White.
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EuroNews - Clean water shortages steal women’s time. Here’s what happens when they get it back.
March 8, 2023
Water.org's Senior Knowledge Analyst, Zehra Shabbir, contributes to a conversation about why the water crisis is a woman's crisis.
Read moreWater is connected to every global goal
July 28, 2023
Global access to safe water is fundamental to solving the most pressing social challenges of our time - the Sustainable Development Goals. Read more from Lina Bonova, Chief Revenue Officer.
Read moreTubeFilter - Ryan Trahan’s latest penny challenge raised $400,000 for Water.org
July 7, 2023
Ryan Trahan successfully made it back to America in just one week, starting from one penny. And he raised more than $400,000 for Water.org in the process.
Read moreABC - Power of Water: Mexico’s water warriors
April 19, 2023
ABC News’ Linsey Davis travels to Mexico to see firsthand the silent water crisis happening around the world, and speaks with Co-founder Matt Damon about his push to get access to clean water for all.
Read moreSDG Media Zone | United Nations - Matt Damon on "Breaking through to a Water-secure Planet"
March 22, 2023
Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, interviews Water.org Co-founders Matt Damon and Gary White.
Read moreFortune - Climate change is exacerbating the global water crisis. Corporations must be part of the solution
March 22, 2023
771 million people around the world don't have access to safe water. 1.7 billion do not have a toilet. But there are solutions that work.
Read moreAWS - Innovating with AWS will help us solve the world's water crisis in our own lifetimes
March 22, 2023
A new AWS-based learning management system will make it easier for Water.org to enable access to safe water to people living in poverty around the world.
Read moreEuroNews - Clean water shortages steal women’s time. Here’s what happens when they get it back.
March 8, 2023
Water.org's Senior Knowledge Analyst, Zehra Shabbir, contributes to a conversation about why the water crisis is a woman's crisis.
Read moreUN Today - No smoke on the water
March 1, 2023
Co-founders of Water.org, Matt Damon and Gary White on global water inequality.
Read more5 ways affordable financing for safe water helps break the cycle of poverty
Feb. 21, 2023
The costs of temporary access to water keep millions of families around the world trapped in a cycle of poverty. Read from Water.org Chief Insights Officer, Dr. Rich Thorsten, about the five ways we've seen our smart solution to increase affordable access to safe water improve household finances.
Read moreImpacting Our Future - Matt Damon and Gary White Want to Ease the Global Water Crisis With Innovation
Oct. 10, 2022
Actor Matt Damon and entrepreneur Gary White are fighting to change water crisis numbers.
Read moreNewsweek - Time to Rethink How We Get More People Safe Water
Sept. 20, 2022
Matt Damon, Gary White, and Kris Licht provide their perspective on what needs to be done to end the global water crisis.
Read moreAmazon - Amazon will donate $10 million to help a million people get access to safe water
Sept. 20, 2022
Amazon will also help launch one of the largest private investment portfolios in water and climate, bringing lasting water access for 100 million people.
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