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Vessel Releases National Roadmap to Close the U.S. Water Access Gap by 2040
WASHINGTON – The Vessel Collective released the National Roadmap to Close the U.S. Water Gap, the first sector-wide strategy to bring safe, running water and working sanitation to every home in the United States by 2040. The Roadmap will be the centerpiece of the second annual U.S. WASH Convening, taking place May 5–7 in Washington, D.C., where more than 130 organizations from across the country will gather to put the plan into action.
A Book You Can Only Read With Water: Water For People’s Innovative Campaign Brings the Global Water Crisis to Life
DENVER – Ahead of World Water Day on March 22, global nonprofit Water For People has unveiled The Dehydrating Book: a first-of-its-kind book that can only be read when hydrated. This groundbreaking initiative illuminates the devastating effects of the water crisis in Latin America and its direct impact on education and opportunity.
Inaugural U.S. WASH Convening to Address Water Access Gap, Bringing Together Over 200 Attendees from 100+ Organizations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The convening will bring together over 300 attendees from more than 100 organizations to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and solutions to closing the water access gap in the United States.
Water For People Accelerates Access to Improved Sanitation and Hygiene Services Using Market-Based Approaches in Uganda
KAMPALA, UGANDA — Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF), a United Nations-backed initiative, recently awarded Water For People Uganda with a $5 million grant . With this funding, Water For People Uganda, working through government structures and implementing partners, will improve universal access to safe sanitation and hygiene through projects in seven districts throughout Uganda.
DigDeep and Water For People Launch Vessel™ Collective to Unite Efforts in the US Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Space
October 4, 2023 (Los Angeles, CA) – Today, DigDeep, a human rights nonprofit working to ensure universal access to clean water and proper sanitation in the United States, is pleased…
Achieving universal access by 2030 is not a distant target
DENVER and INDIANAPOLIS and THE HAGUE, July 20, 2023 – The latest report delivered by WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme confirms that the world is far from being on track in achieving the…
Inter-American Development Bank commission Toilet Board Coalition and Water For People to scale sanitation businesses in Latin America and The Caribbean – A call for corporate mentors to engage in LAC Accelerator
In addressing Sustainable Development Goal 6.2, IDB Lab – the innovation laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – commissioned the Toilet Board Coalition and Water For People to scale sanitation businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean via the Toilet Board Coalition’s Accelerator. The objective of the project is to provide entrepreneurial acceleration support to start-ups and promote the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the sanitation sector to increase sanitation services in Guatemala, Honduras, and Peru.
Water For People distributes $250,000 in unrestricted grants to locally-led nonprofits across Latin America, Africa and India
As part of an anonymous donor’s grantmaking program, Water For People has received an unrestricted donation of $250,000 towards their "small grants" initiatives. Here’s how they’re distributing the funds across Latin America, Africa, and India.
Water For People Announces more than $100,000 in global innovation grants as part of 2023 Shitovation Awards
DENVER, CO, JANUARY 19 2023 — To address the disconnect between desperately needed innovation and the global sanitation crisis, Water For People announced the 2023 Shitovation Awards which dedicates grants totaling $104,472 to fund innovative sanitation projects across Peru, Bolivia, Rwanda, Uganda, and India.
Water For People Expands Country Programs in East Africa to Include Tanzania
DENVER, CO & DODOMA, TANZANIA, DECEMBER 1 2022 — This fall, Water For People launched Water For People Tanzania, the first new country program in ten years and the fourth in Africa.
Water For People Receives $15M donation from MacKenzie Scott
DENVER, SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 — Water For People, a nonprofit working across Latin America, Asia, and Africa to sustainably address the global water crisis, announced a transformational gift of $15 million from noted philanthropic leader MacKenzie Scott on Wednesday.
Kimberly-Clark Continues Support of Water For People for World Toilet Day
DENVER, Colo., November 16, 2021 — With nearly half the world’s population lacking safely managed sanitation and nearly 500 million still defecating in the open, hygiene product manufacturer Kimberly-Clark is donating $1.5 million
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