Financing Works for Water Access in Many Places

Access to affordable financing is a barrier between people in need and water and sanitation solutions

Through decades of research, traveling throughout the world and talking to those affected by the water crisis, Water.org CEO & Co-founder, Gary White, uncovered a common theme – there are millions of families spending more than 20% of their income on water. They are paying high prices for water from vendors or collecting water from unsafe natural sources. Both options cost families time, money, opportunities and health. This was the inspiration for our financial solutions to the global water crisis.

“It became clear that charity alone was not going to solve the crisis. There had to be a better path to providing the world with safe water.”

—Gary White CEO & Co-founder, Water.org

Financing works for people living in poverty

We believe in putting the power of water directly into the hands of the people who need it. Through our work we have found that when given an opportunity to pay for water and sanitation improvements with loans, families opt to finance long-term solutions versus struggle day-to-day to find that next liter of water or a place to go.

From the beginning, […]

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