Water for People has long found success developing clean water solutions for the world’s poor. The NGO uses an urban, municipal approach to developing safe sources of clean water and implements them in poor rural areas. One of the areas where Water For People has had in impact is in Cuchumuela, Bolivia. In addition to three other rural Bolivian communities, Cuchumuela benefited from Water for People’s professionals and partners who worked together to build safe running water systems. Going far beyond digging a well, Water for People has built a legacy of clean water systems that local people could eventually maintain and operate on their own. With one in eight people lacking access to clean water, more work like this is crucial to avoid the spread of disease--as well as empower rural poor.

Without water, nothing else, from carbon to climate change, matters.

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Leon Kaye

Leon Kaye is the founder and editor of GreenGoPost.com and its advisory division, GGP Media. Contact him to discuss how he can work with your organization or event. His focus is making the business case for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). He writes for San Francisco-based Triple Pundit, Inhabitat and now The Guardian, for which he writes about corporate responsibility, water, and green building. He has also written for AIA's Architect Magazine. Leon works out of Fresno and Silicon Valley, California, and when he has free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, and planning his next trip to one of the 60 countries he has visited. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business and is also a proud graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Cal State-Fresno.