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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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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.
Read moreApril 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 moreMarch 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 moreJuly 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 moreMarch 22, 2023
Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, interviews Water.org Co-founders Matt Damon and Gary White.
Read moreMarch 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 moreNov. 21, 2018
Jennifer Tisdel Schorsch, President of Water.org, discusses the way the organization approaches financing solutions to the global water crisis.
Read moreNov. 21, 2018
Read how Water.org is working with local partners in Ethiopia to break down financial barriers to help more people get access to safe water and sanitation and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6.
Read moreNov. 15, 2018
From Matt Damon to Mark Zuckerberg, celebrities and tycoons are using their platforms for positive action.
Read moreNov. 8, 2018
Water.org and the USAID Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP), implemented by Winrock International, will mobilize $4M in microloans to improve water access, sanitation and hygiene for 37,000 people in Cambodia.
Read moreNov. 2, 2018
Water.org received a $3 million grant over three years from Bank of America to empower more than 250,000 people in southern India and Brazil with safe water and sanitation, accelerating positive change in their homes and communities.
Read moreOct. 24, 2018
Harpic has launched its ‘More than a toilet’ campaign to support Water.org in its effort to end the water and sanitation crisis around the world. They will be raising awareness and funds in time for World Toilet Day on November 19th.
Read moreOct. 5, 2018
How would you spend a billion dollars? Gary White knows what he will do. The Water.org CEO and co-founder says his organization has reached the $1 billion milestone in its efforts to help people access clean water and sanitation.
Read moreSept. 24, 2018
Water.org and its partners reached a critical milestone this month: mobilizing $1 billion in capital for small loans that have empowered 14 million people living in poverty to obtain safe water and sanitation
Read moreSept. 17, 2018
In partnership with Water.org, Banco da Família financed R $1.9 million for families to build or renovate their bathrooms.
Read moreAug. 31, 2018
Water.org and Waste signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work more closely together on the Finish Mondial concept, creating commercial lending facilities for both households, as well as suppliers in the whole supply chain for cheap toilet.
Read moreJuly 18, 2018
Matt Damon and Gary White speak with CNN's Christiane Amanpour during their visit to Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Written by Gary White and Matt Damon - The power of impact investing is why we believe we’re now standing on the brink of the solution to finally end the global water crisis. That's why we created WaterEquity.
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