Together, we've empowered millions of people with access to safe water and sanitation. We invite you to meet some of them and read their stories.
Without access to water on their property, Resty, along with their three children—ages 14, 9, and 7—woke early each day to make several trips to a neighbor’s home to collect the water they needed. In addition to collecting water from the neighbor’s well, Resty and her children walked to a nearby river to bathe and do laundry. Resty wanted a safe water solution for her family at home and through our work, she was able to give them one.
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Until a few years ago, Corazon’s family lacked access to a toilet at home. They used a makeshift toilet about 10 meters from their home. Click to find out how a small loan helped make a lasting, safe sanitation solution possible for Corazon and her family.
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Janine is a hardworking woman who is determined to give her family what they need to survive. When her family needed an affordable way to get safe water at home, Janine made the connection to give them a long-term safe water connection. Read her story.
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Zeny was happy to learn her family could get a small, affordable loan from their local bank to get a water connection at home. Now the family pays less than 5% of their monthly income on water. Read Zeny's story.
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Sally is a mom of four young children. While the eldest three are at school, Sally enjoys time with her youngest, mixing play with the housework. Life for Sally’s family wasn’t always like this. Even before becoming a mom, and for several years after, Sally was responsible for finding the water her family needed to survive.
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Nimfa’s story is a story shared by many women in her village. After spending too many girlhood hours searching for water, and spending too much money paying for what they lacked, they grew up to recognize their potential and knew they needed safe water to unlock it.
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The people with the least access to safe water are spending the most to get it. People like Leneriza.
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Mherindalee’s home is important to her. It’s where her family lives, works, plays, and rests. The water flowing from Mherindalee’s kitchen tap means now she has time - time to care for her home, time to play with her children, and time to make her family’s favorite dishes.
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In this video, Edna revisits her previous daily journey to collect water. It is for moms like Edna that Water.org created WaterCredit.
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It is with this enthusiasm Maritez spends her days celebrating the transformative power of safe water by educating others in her community on how they too can look forward to healthy, bright futures.
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Elma’s courage gave her the strength to choose smiles over tears, to choose love over pain, and to champion safe water for her family, even when the battle seemed impossible.
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Elenita is proud she can now spend her days at home, sewing bags and aprons for a living. This was not always the case. Celebrate her story with us.
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