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.
In West Java, Indonesia, Salmah spent precious time, energy and money boiling water to make it safe to drink at home. With frequent visits from her grandchildren, Salmah worried that the unsafe water would make them sick. Learn how a small loan helped give Salmah's family lasting access to safe water at home.
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Neneng runs a shop in West Java, Indonesia, selling food and iced drinks alongside her husband. With unsafe drinking water at home, Neneng had to purchase expensive gallon jugs of water on a weekly basis for her family and her business. Discover how a small loan helped Neneng's business profit more with a lasting safe water solution.
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For years, one of the heaviest burdens Sri carried was the lack of a toilet and safe water at home for her family. Read more to find out how a small loan through our local partner helped ease this burden, and change Sri's life.
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From hardship to happiness, find out how Tukinem’s decision to change her family’s lives with safe water inspired an entire community—bringing the health, hope and peace that flow from lasting access to safe water at home, to more families in need.
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In the heart of Indonesia, where lush landscapes and a commitment to daily prayer abound, lies the inspiring story of Patahimawati – a woman who, like millions of women around the world, struggled with the daily challenges of inadequate access to safe water and sanitation at home. Her life took a transformative turn, however, when her family got affordable, lasting access to safe water at home.
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Selamah’s confidence in selling produce is encouraging to her friends and neighbors because they know they can count on Selamah to help them earn money to feed and care for their families. However, in the past something Selamah did not share was her personal challenge with not having access to the water she needed to care for her family and run the vegetable business. Without access to safe water at home, Selamah struggled.
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While Indonesia’s rainforests are some of our planet's most biologically rich landscapes, many of the families who call the region home are not so affluent. Families like Sapdiah’s family lack the funds needed to access life's most critical resources, like safe water at home.
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Since 2014, we have rapidly increased access to water and sanitation for low-income households in Indonesia through our WaterCredit solution, building strong relationships with local financial institutions, and changing the lives of more than 6.4 million people with safe water or sanitation. Warni and her family are some of those people whose lives are forever changed now that they have lasting access to safe water at home.
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For millions of women around the world water collection is not a choice, but a requirement to help keep their families alive. Without access to water at home, women like Tiatun in Indonesia walk miles to a river to collect the water their families need to survive. For Tiatun, a small loan changed her story. Read more.
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When she’s not sewing to support her family's income, Mumina gardens a small vegetable bed, launders clothing, and cares for her children. This life—time to sew, water for clean laundry and fresh food, Mumina’s happiness—it is made possible by access to safe water. Something Mumina has known for a few years now, but at one time, she thought was impossible.
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Umi is a mom of two boys. Before getting affordable access to safe water at home, Umi and her seven-year-old son walked to a stream to collect water. Read about how a small loan changed their lives.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic made its way to Lilis’ village, the safety and comfort she felt about her home, their access to food and water, and their finances shifted. Lilis had new concerns about her family's ability to survive.
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