Giving Compass - Safe Water And Sanitation: Finding Success And Scaling Solutions
Sept. 23, 2019
Water.org President Jennifer Schorsch shares our definition of success and how Water.org is empowering people to solve their own water crisis.
Read moreNews, Press & Perspectives
Find the latest news and press releases about our work in the water and sanitation sector below.
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Skoll - Tapping Small Loans for Toilets and Safe Water Unleashes Women’s Potential
Aug. 21, 2019
Women who lack access to life’s basics know exactly what they need. And they’re getting it.
Read moreGlobal Citizen - In Ethiopia, Mothers Bear the Weight of the Water Crisis
May 17, 2019
Hear from Melanie Mendrys, Director of brand and marketing, on her experience in Ethiopia and why we do what we do to help change lives in Ethiopia and around the world.
Read moreWharton School podcast - Gary White on Tackling the Global Water Crisis
April 26, 2019
CEO and Co-Founder Gary White speaks on the Dollars and Change podcast to discuss the global water crisis and why we focus on breaking down financial barriers so that millions of people around the world can have access to safe water and sanitation.
Listen hereElite Daily - Running Water Is Changing These Women's Lives In A Way You Never Thought Of
April 8, 2019
How small, affordable loans made possible by Water.org are empowering women in Peru and around the world to turn their dreams into reality.
Read moreImpakter - Small Loans for Safe Water: Unleashing Women’s Power
March 19, 2019
"It’s a hand up, not a hand out, and as such it is immensely empowering.” Water.org President, Jennifer Schorsch, on how Water.org is helping empower millions of women and their families with access to safe water and sanitation.
Read moreHarvard Business School Alumni - A market-based approach to solving the world's water crisis
Nov. 21, 2018
Jennifer Tisdel Schorsch, President of Water.org, discusses the way the organization approaches financing solutions to the global water crisis.
Read moreMilken Institute - Investing in Safe Water Allows Opportunities to Flow
May 8, 2018
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.
Read moreNext Billion - WASH Away Inequity
March 22, 2018
CEO Gary White shares the impact of access to safe water through affordable financing, including a personal story of one woman's changed life in the Philippines.
Read moreStanford Social Innovation Review - Taps and Toilets for All
Feb. 26, 2018
Written by Gary White and Matt Damon. Microfinance for water and sanitation enables people to find their own solutions.
Read moreWater, Water Everywhere, Costs More Than You Might Think
Dec. 7, 2017
The case for digital finance in the water sector
Read moreAnswering the Call to Invest in the World’s Poor
Nov. 1, 2017
Article by Gary White, CEO and Co-founder of Water.org, for the International Water Association
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