GWC, smartwater, and Zendaya launch smart solutions: global water challenge, supporting community water quality and access improvements in cities around the world.
Our secretariat GETF’s new Impact Report celebrates a decade of uplifting communities through partnership. Since 2006, GWC’s multi-sector partners have improved WASH service delivery for over 2MM people in 39 countries. See more of our impact in action at GETF.org
Since 2005, we have positively impacted more than 3 million people across Africa, the Americas and Asia with improved WASH service delivery while providing critical tools, data, and best practices to reach millions more.
With our 100+ multi-sector partners, we engage for action – catalyzing financial resources and driving innovative programming for sustainable, local solutions.
Clean water is essential for thriving communities, healthy ecosystems and a sustainable planet. Yet lack of water access, availability and quality affect billions of people and is worsening due to population growth, urbanization, increasing consumption and climate change.
WASH, gender equity and climate change are intertwined, and water resource management must be addressed holistically at the basin level.
Climate change impacts such as floods, droughts and rising sea levels pose serious consequences for vulnerable communities – especially women and girls.
Alleviating gender inequalities to water and sanitation access is critical to achieving SDG 6. The Covid-19 pandemic deepened gender inequalities in health, education and employment which are directly connected to WASH services.
Sharing knowledge to build capacity, increase accountability and improve operational efficiency
Sharing knowledge to build capacity, increase accountability and improve operational efficiency
Today Cargill and Global Water Challenge (GWC) announced an important milestone of improving access to safe drinking water for more than 150,000 people through their Cargill Currents partnership.
Oceans 2050, under the leadership of President Alexandra Cousteau and Chief Scientist Professor Carlos Duarte, has unveiled landmark findings published in Nature Climate Change that demonstrate the significant climate mitigation potential of seaweed farming.
For many households around the world, waking up every day with access to clean water for washing, preparing food, and practicing proper hygiene is an expected convenience. Clean running water to wash hands from a readily available tap becomes a naturally anticipated resource that forms part of daily life without much consideration.