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EDME’S LONG WALK FOR WATER

Three-to-four times a day, Edme Ismaélite hikes nearly an hour round-trip to bring five gallons (about 40lb.) of unsafe water to her mountainous home.

Together with your help, we are changing this.

“Millions of people— mostly women and children— spend hours each day trying to secure enough water for their families to survive. This prevents women from working and children from attending school. Without access to water a huge segment of humanity doesn’t have the opportunity to break the cycle of disease, lost productivity and poverty.”

– Matt Damon, Water.org Co-Founder

About Water.org

•We are committed to universal access to safe water and adequate sanitation in

our lifetime

•Operational in 10 countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Bangladesh, India,

Honduras, Haiti, Peru, Indonesia

•Pioneer of WaterCredit

•Current year budget of 11 million

•32 full time staff

•Programs are funded through grants, loans, a combination of grants and loans

and microfinance tools

•Institutional funders include PepsiCo Foundation, Caterpillar Foundation, MasterCard

Foundation, IKEA Foundation, Cartier Foundation and Skoll Foundation