Mobilizing
collective action to
secure water for all

Global Water Challenge is a leading collective action coalition - improving water security, safe water access, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and community empowerment in high-need regions around the world.

Mobilizing
collective action to
secure water for all

Global Water Challenge is a leading collective action coalition - improving water security, safe water access, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and community empowerment in high-need regions around the world.

PARTNERSHIP

600+

development
partners

GEOGRAPHIES

80+

operating
countries

WASH ACCESS

11MM+

people reached with WASH programs

WATERSHED
HEALTH

270+

basins advancing toward greater water security

REPLENISHMENT

33BN+

liters replenished
(in 2025 alone)

PARTNERSHIP

600+

development partners

GEOGRAPHIES

80+

operating countires

WASH ACCESS

11MM+

people reached with WASH programs

WATERSHED
HEALTH

270+

basins advancing toward greater water security

REPLENISHMENT

33BN+

liters replenished
(in 2025 alone)

Founded in 2006, GWC brings together corporations, civil society,
foundations, governments, and local community partners to
address some of the world’s most pressing water challenges.

From water source to communities, GWC’s partner network:

Founded in 2006, GWC brings together corporations, civil society, foundations, governments, and local community partners to address some of the world’s most pressing water challenges.

From water source to communities, GWC’s partner network:

PROTECTS

water at the source to benefit ecosystems and economies

IMPROVES

safe water access where it’s needed most – in homes and communities

Delivering local solutions that uplift lives, strengthen ecosystems, and create lasting social and economic benefits.

PROTECTS

water at the source to benefit ecosystems and economies

IMPROVES

safe water access where it’s needed most – in homes and communities

Delivering local solutions that uplift lives, strengthen ecosystems, and create lasting social and economic benefits.

GWC — Globe (Flat, Elementor-linked)

Our impact, at scale

GWC’s scalable partnership solutions move water from a source of risk to a driver of prosperity - across basins, communities, and supply chains.

Working across Africa, Asia, the Americas, Eurasia, and Middle East, GWC mobilizes financial resources, technical expertise, and data to strengthen community and watershed resilience, improve corporate water stewardship, and advance long-term regional water security.

To date, we’ve positively transformed 11MM+ lives through improved water access across 80+ countries.

Our impact,
at scale

GWC’s scalable partnership solutions move water from a source of risk to a driver of prosperity - across basins, communities, and supply chains.

Working across Africa, Asia, the Americas, Eurasia, and Middle East, GWC mobilizes financial resources, technical expertise, and data to strengthen community and watershed resilience, improve corporate water stewardship, and advance long-term regional water security.

To date, we’ve positively transformed 11MM+ lives through improved water access across 80+ countries.

Click on regions to
see our results

Click on regions to
see our results

Our services

GWC delivers both global collective action
platforms and local delivery systems.

GWC delivers both global collective action platforms and local delivery systems.

Why our approach works:

Global network
and local expertise

Pipeline of
proven solutions

Focus on practical
programs addressing
local context

Central
management,
local ownership

Our approach to turn ambition into impact.

Our approach to turn ambition into impact.

Our leading partners enable
us to make the most impact.

GWC collaborates with 600+ of the world’s leading development partners – exchanging expertise and innovation through multi-year projects that deliver shared results.

Our leading partners enable us to make the most impact.

GWC collaborates with 600+ of the world’s leading development partners – exchanging expertise and innovation through multi-year projects that deliver shared results.

Our supporters

We are especially proud to be trusted partners to some of the world’s leading businesses that share our goal to uplift lives and strengthen ecosystems.

Some of GWC’s leading corporate supporters include:

Our supporters

We are especially proud to be trusted partners to some of the world’s leading businesses that share our goal to uplift lives and strengthen ecosystems.

Some of GWC’s leading corporate supporters include:

Europe, Central
Asia and the
Middle East

For 20+ years, GWC’s work across Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East has addressed some of the world’s most complex and water-scarce environments.

Working with leading corporate and government partners, GWC-led platforms deliver integrated water stewardship programs that improve WASH access, restore watersheds, and promote sustainable agriculture in 17 countries in the region.

Project types

WASH Access

Nature-Based Solutions

Climate Resilience

Utility Strengthening

Sustainable Agriculture

Empowerment

Impact to date across 17 countries

41

FAO sub-basins with improved water security

382K+

People reached with WASH programs

3BL+

Liters of water replenished (2025)

4

Water utilities with improved capacity

37.4K+

Women empowered

55K+

Hectares restored or under improved management

20.2K+

Trees planted

1.6K+

Farmers trained in sustainable agriculture

Regional platforms

Asia Pacific

GWC’s Asia Pacific portfolio addresses water security across South Asia’s most vulnerable regions.

Across Asia, our programs with leading partners, including Gap Inc., The Coca-Cola Company, the United Nations, and other premier brands, support integrated watershed management, water access in schools and communities, agricultural water efficiency, and community and women’s empowerment.

In India and Pakistan, GWC mobilizes positive impact in stressed basins, bringing together local and international partners to build long-term water resilience.

Project types

WASH Access

Nature-Based Solutions

Climate Resilience

Utility Strengthening

Sustainable Agriculture

Empowerment

Impact to date across 7 countries

19

FAO sub-basins with improved water security

604K+

People reached with WASH programs

2.1BL+

Liters of water replenished (2025)

13

Water utilities with improved capacity

9.6K+

Women empowered

18.6K+

Hectares restored or under improved management

9K+

Trees planted

3.6K+

Farmers trained in sustainable agriculture

Regional platforms

Latin America
and the Caribbean

For 20+ years, GWC has provided deep and pioneering water stewardship expertise across Latin America and the Caribbean through partnerships with communities, local NGOs, and multinational companies.

Today, GWC’s best practices mobilize water access and improve water security region wide.

With leading partners, including Coca-Cola Latin America and its bottlersCargill, and Grundfos, GWC advances integrated watershed restoration, urban utility strengthening, sustainable agriculture, and WASH solutions, targeting the region’s most stressed basins with a goal to benefit 2.3 MM+ people by 2030.

Project types

WASH Access

Nature-Based Solutions

Climate Resilience

Utility Strengthening

Sustainable Agriculture

Empowerment

Impact to date across 17 countries

68

FAO sub-basins with improved water security

1.7MM+

People reached with WASH programs

16.1BL+

Liters of water replenished (2025)

35

Water utilities with improved capacity

251K+

Women empowered

16K+

Hectares restored or under improved management

322K+

Trees planted

1.1K+

Farmers trained
in sustainable agriculture

Regional platforms

Africa

For 20+ years, GWC has advanced water access and security across Africa through pioneering collective action platforms, including the pathbreaking Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) and the Water and Development Alliance (WADA), improving water access and security for thousands of communities and millions of people.

Today, the Africa Water Stewardship Initiative (AWSI) platform, with The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling system, and our Cargill Currents platform tackle Africa’s complex water security challenges across 41 countries through watershed restoration, water access, sustainable agriculture, systems strengthening, and community-led governance.

Project types

WASH Access

Nature-Based Solutions

Climate Resilience

Utility Strengthening

Sustainable Agriculture

Empowerment

Impact to date across 41 countries

112

FAO sub-basins with improved water security

7.8MM+

People reached with WASH programs

8.6BL+

Liters of water replenished (2025)

17

Water utilities with improved capacity

905K+

Women empowered

526K+

Hectares restored or under improved management

6.4MM+

Trees planted

42.4K+

Farmers trained in sustainable agriculture

Regional platforms

North America

For decades, GWC has actively mobilized solutions for water access, improved water quality and watershed resilience across the United States. GWC partnerships improve “last mile” water access, watershed restoration, nature-based solutions, and utility strengthening.

Our programming with the Kohler Trust for Clean Water supports underserved communities and improves access to water services, while GWC’s women for water platform delivers holistic water programming for women and their communities.  Across numerous states, our Cargill Currents platform drives positive outcomes for watershed resilience, wetland restoration, and ecosystem health.

Project types

WASH Access

Nature-Based Solutions

Climate Resilience

Utility Strengthening

Sustainable Agriculture

Empowerment

Impact to date across 14 USA states

35

FAO sub-basins with improved water security

536K+

People reached with WASH programs

3.3BL+

Liters of water replenished (2025)

56

Water utilities with improved capacity

300K+

Hectares restored or under improved management

262K+

Trees planted

Regional platforms