Impact Report 2025
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2025 Impact Report
2025 Impact Report
A Note from the CEO
Access to safe drinking water and a decent toilet is still out of reach for billions of people. With the knowledge and resources we have today, this is unacceptable.
The reality of this crisis is not the same for everyone. In many communities, women and girls carry the greatest burden – walking for water, missing school, and facing safety risks. Around the world, they spend ~250 million hours each day collecting water.
Transformational change occurs when services are built to last and when the communities and local leadership are part of shaping them. This is Everyone Forever. We partner with communities and governments to reach every household, school, and health clinic with water and sanitation services, and we stay until we're sure that access will last.
Together, we're building solutions that will last for generations to come.
Mark Duey,
CEO, Water For People
P.S. Explore our recent progress on this page or by viewing the Water For People 2025 Impact Report PDF.
5.8 million people
have reliable water services across the districts where we work.
44 million people
reached with strengthened water, sanitation, and hygiene systems.
2025 in Review
Water For People aims to reach every household, school, health clinic, and community with lasting water, sanitation, and hygiene services – for Everyone Forever. These numbers reflect our local work, with hundreds of thousands of people's lives changed thanks to our teams, partners, and supporters.
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People reached with new or improved water services
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People reached with new or improved sanitation services
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People reached with
hygiene education
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Schools with access
to improved water, sanitation,
and hygiene
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Health clinics with access to improved water, sanitation,
and hygiene
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Communities with new or improved water services
Global Map
"At Water For People, we believe that sustainable water access is not just infrastructure – it is freedom." – Cate Nimanya, Africa Regional Director
Grace (left) and her friend collect water from their new school tap in Malawi.
The People and Places at the Intersection of Water
When water and sanitation services last, they change what’s possible for people – their health, education, livelihoods, and resilience to climate change.
Livelihoods Improved Through Bathrooms
Avelino Reynoso is a contractor, entrepreneur, and champion of bathrooms in Guatemala. As a child, he picked blackberries and shined shoes, willing to take on any job to earn money for his family.
At 15, he began a career in construction. "I began to see that there was a need to have bathrooms," he shares. Water For People partnered with him to learn bathroom construction, waste treatment management, and business marketing. Beyond income, he sees his business as a way to directly improve his community's health.
"I began to see that there was a need to have bathrooms."
– Avelino Reynoso
Business Owner, Guatemala
Measuring Everyone Forever
Water For People and our local partners collect data to determine Everyone and Forever milestones.
Everyone measures sanitation and water services at the household, community, and public institution (school or health clinic) levels. Forever considers the sustainability of the services maintained by communities and districts. Each year, these milestones help guide our plans, priorities, and celebrations.
These are the recent milestones we are celebrating:
Everyone Milestone Public Institutions
means 95% of schools and clinics have reliable water and sanitation service
Arbieto, Bolivia
Chinda, Honduras
Cascas, Peru
Reque, Peru
Forever Milestone Sanitation
means sustainable sanitation service
Tiraque, Bolivia
Gisagara, Rwanda
Karongi, Rwanda
Forever Milestone Water
means sustainable water service
Arbieto, Bolivia
Tiraque, Bolivia
San Antonio de Cortés, Honduras
Gicumbi, Rwanda
Karongi, Rwanda
Kicukiro, Rwanda
Rulindo, Rwanda
We know this work toward Everyone Forever takes time. It requires coordination, investment, and trust. But we also know it is possible. In multiple districts across multiple continents, water is safely and reliably flowing – fully managed by the local governments and communities.
From urban to rural contexts, each is different, but in every place, services continue and local institutions are responsible for keeping them running. As we exit districts, our role changes. In alignment with our strategic plan, we continue working with governments to strengthen policies, financing, and technical capacity so that more communities can be reached through stronger national systems.
Sustainability in Kicukiro District, Rwanda
"We appreciate the partnership we’ve had with Water For People because the results are visible, and we promise to sustain the rate of water access that has been achieved."
– Antoine Mustinzi, District Executive Administrator, Kicukiro District
"The role of an NGO is to unlock the power of local leaders and communities – and then get out." – Mark Duey, CEO
Bertha Cuchallo (left) and Antonia Paraguayo (right) are newly certified plumbers after completing the Network of Women Plumbers program in Arani, Bolivia.
Our Finances
2025 Expenses by Region
Water For People has earned a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator for 20 years – an exceptional achievement that demonstrates our longstanding commitment to transparency and accountability. Our Platinum Seal of Transparency, Candid's highest level of recognition, further reinforces this commitment.
Together, this work continues.
The result of our work is clear: safe water and dignified bathrooms make a measurable difference in people's lives across the 10 countries where we work. But the water crisis persists, and so will we.
Your support helps build a world where every person has access to reliable and safe water and sanitation services - for Everyone Forever.
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