Lens

Samson Bekele, co-CEO of Water For People, shares his vision for Water For People, as he tells us how he created the criteria to select our new partner country in Africa.

A major component of Water For People’s approach to ensuring sustainable sanitation is supporting locally-led sanitation businesses. These businesses are developed by entrepreneurs to fill a gap in the market, providing families with safe, affordable, and uninterrupted sanitation services because providers are local, not miles away.

Because Water For People’s plan is to eventually exit the countries we’re working within, partnering with governments and strengthening national systems is a necessary requirement for our work.

Women’s voices and needs are often absent in the design and implementation of improvements in water and sanitation services. Water For People works to change that.

Instead of a daily trek to find water, girls are finding their voice in one of India’s tribal communities in Chikhaldara.

Gisela Murrugarra, Water For People Peru Country Director, steps onto the global stage to share lessons on achieving sustainable water access.

By Katherine Williford | August 5, 2022 Now that we’re firmly in the midst of hurricane season 2022, it’s hard not to remember the intensity of the 2020 season – 30…

Water For People’s ambitious 2030 goals to bring clean water and sanitation to 200 million people makes program expansion an important aspect of reaching those goals.

By Flor Ruiz, translated from Spanish.
Communities in Cascas, Peru care for an asset that has always eluded them: water.