1、Annual Report 20165 MILLION Scaling Smart Solutions,Creating Bright Futures 5 million!Together,we have empowered more than 5 million people with access to safe water and sanitation giving women hope,children health and communities a future.Dear Friends and Supporters,Thanks to each of you,we celebra
2、ted a big milestone in 2016 5 million people reached to date with water and sanitation!Throughout the world,we launched new initiatives,developed new partnerships,and transformed the lives of nearly two million people this year alone.We do this work for people like Aisyah,a mother from Indonesia,who
3、 was empowered to install a household water connection,allowing her to grow her business and better care for her family.Scaling and expanding WaterCredit on the worlds stage In late 2015,the United Nations created the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)to solve the worlds most pressing issues,with a
4、ccess to water and sanitation among them(goal#6).As an approach that leverages philanthropy to access commercial capital,WaterCredit is a proven solution that supports the financing and thus the successful attainment of SDG 6.In 2016 alone,through our WaterCredit solution,we disbursed nearly 350,000
5、 loans in 9 countries through 57 programs.We are singularly committed to accelerate an end to the global water crisis,thus we are scaling our efforts in the markets where we currently work,expanding to new geographies,and developing new types of partnerships.We also launched our WaterCredit Adoption
6、 initiative in 2016,allowing us to provide financial institutional networks the tools necessary to bring WaterCredit into their own programs.The effectiveness and efficiency of our programs enabled us to reach more people in a single year than ever before.All of these efforts will continue to accele