The Alliance collectively increases water resilience and sanitation access globally
Our Members
Millennium Water Alliance is a global alliance of leading humanitarian, research, and business organizations. MWA's global and national hubs work with our members to scale and influence sustained water and sanitation services and resilience globally.
Our mission? Improving access to clean and safe water. Smart, sustainable, and practical solutions to water issues worldwide, that’s our ambition.
We put women and girls in the center because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities.
CAWST develops the capacity of local organizations to make their own decisions and meet communities' needs for water.
Chemonics works with local partners to overcome the complex challenges to achieving lasting water security and sustainable access to safe WASH.
Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas in more than 100 countries.
The Desert Research Institute (DRI) is a recognized world leader in basic and applied environmental research.
We co-create with communities to build sustainable water systems. It’s not free, it’s dignified, and that makes all the difference.
Engineers Without Borders USA partners with communities around the world to co-create community-led engineering solutions.
Food for the Hungry seeks to end ALL forms of human poverty by going to the hard places and walking with the most vulnerable people.
Global Water Center collaborates to develop, share, replicate, and scale solutions for sustainable safe water access.
The vision of the Helvetas network is a just world in which all men and women determine the course of their lives in dignity and security.
An international think tank actively building strong water, sanitation and hygiene systems – from the bottom up and the top down.
We design products that provides the highest protection from unsafe water with positive impact on people & planet.
We mobilize churches and communities to cultivate sustainable WASH programs serving roughly 5 million people.
The Mortenson Center combines education, research, and partnerships to positively impact vulnerable people.
PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity.
RTI International is a global research institute and a leading international development organization.
In the US and around the world, we work to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.
Splash is at the forefront of a growing movement to ensure that children in urban poverty have the resources they need to thrive.
Vita’s vision is to create climate-smart communities where everyone has access to essential services and sustainable livelihoods.
WaterAid transforms lives by improving access to clean water, hygiene, and sanitation in the most vulnerable communities.
Unlocks human potential by providing reliable water to communities in sub-Saharan Africa who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean and safe water.
Water Mission is a Christian engineering ministry providing sustainable safe water solutions, through a Christian world view perspective.
A global non-profit working with partners to research and develop practical solutions that improve people’s lives and ensure nature can thrive.
We partner with children, families, and their communities to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.
Membership
Become a Member
Join the Millennium Water Alliance! Are you part of a business, non-profit, technology, research institution, or other organization that is part of the movement to increase water resilience and sanitation services globally? Join our community of leading organizations in this sector! Contact info@mwawater.org to learn about becoming a MWA member.
Member Spotlight
Save the Children integrates WASH work with other health, education or child protection activities that contribute to their three Agency Breakthroughs to ensure that children around the world Survive, Thrive and are Protected. In the United States and around the world, Save the Children is dedicated to ensuring every child has the best chance for success.
With over $70m in global WASH funding, Save the Children leads WASH activities funded by a variety of other private and public donors across 40 countries. Save the Children’s programs advance universal access to quality WASH services in households, communities, health facilities, and schools across development and emergency contexts.
Naw Lay at Handwashing station in Myanmar (credit: Nyein Thaw Htoo)
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WaterAid is one of the world’s best-known WASH implementers. Working in 25 countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, since 1981 WaterAid has helped bring clean water to 26.4 million people and reliable toilets to 26.3 million people.
A member of MWA since 2010, WaterAid is also one of the best-known advocates for WASH, globally and in the U.S. MWA and WaterAid are leaders in the WASH advocacy coalition that has successfully raised the level of US government funding for international water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Today, among it many innovative programming initiatives, WaterAid is helping to build -term resiliency in global health. Leonardo Da Vinci said, “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” When it comes to global health, handwashing and hygiene are as simple as interventions come. Yet, the return on investment and health impacts are exponential.
Photo: Samjhana bathes her son with her mother, Bina, as part of a WaterAid hygiene program for new mothers in Jajarkot, Nepal.
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Improving Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
Collective Impact
The Millennium Water Alliance and its members serve over 50 million people in over 100 countries and are leading advocates for greater water and sanitation commitments by governments and the private sector.
MWA News
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