All Together Now

Our collective action platforms achieve more impact, faster and at scale.

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

Global Water Challenge is a sector leader in mobilizing clean water access, advancing water security and community empowerment in high need regions around the world.

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. 

OUR GOAL

Achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 through effective collective action

Securing universal access to water and sanitation by 2030 will only be achieved by collective attention to water, sanitation and hygiene, and strong support for climate-resilient WASH services.

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.

WHILE THE NEED IS GREAT, PROVEN AND PROMISING SOLUTIONS EXIST

GWC brings together public and private sector partners to improve water security for those most at risk.

OUR APPROACH

Engage for action

GWC leverages a vast network of cross-sector partners to serve as a unified voice of influence with more resources, greater leadership and scale.

COLLABORATIVE
SOLUTIONS

  • Partnering organizations with shared priorities
  • Supporting existing and new WASH coalitions and partnerships
  • Enabling public participation

SHARED
RESOURCES

  • Mobilizing financing and financial
    co-leverage
  • Driving social enterprise investment
  • Advancing policy, regulatory and industry frameworks

OPEN DATA, TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES

Sharing knowledge to build capacity, increase accountability and improve operational efficiency

COLLABORATIVE
SOLUTIONS

  • Partnering organizations with shared priorities
  • Supporting existing and new WASH coalitions and partnerships
  • Enabling public participation

SHARED
RESOURCES

  • Mobilizing financing and financial
    co-leverage
  • Driving social enterprise investment
  • Advancing policy, regulatory and industry frameworks

OPEN DATA, TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES

Sharing knowledge to build capacity, increase accountability and improve operational efficiency

Latest News

Global Water Challenge Expands it’s Partnership with The Coca-Cola System in Africa

The Coca-Cola Company in Africa and its bottling partners Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company (ECCBC) and Coca-Cola HBC announced a USD $25 million investment to help address critical water-related challenges in local communities in 20 African countries.

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Global Water Challenge and Cargill Expand Partnership Across Five Continents to Address Water Challenges

During World Water Week 2024, Global Water Challenge (GWC) and Cargill announced the expansion of their Cargill Currents partnership platform with a renewed investment of over $5MM USD over three years and new plans to tackle water-related challenges in communities and basins across five continents.

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ALL TOGETHER NOW – Mobilizing community and basin-level resilience via corporate-led collective action

This #worldwaterday we are reminded that by working together to balance everyone’s needs, water can be a stabilizing force and catalyst for sustainable development and peace.

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