Why it matters

The gap is rarely a lack of will. It is missing products, missing local suppliers, and treatment that towns cannot afford to run.

1.4 milliondeaths every year from unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene, largely from diarrhoeal disease
395,000children under five whose deaths could be prevented by better water, sanitation and hygiene
3.4 billionpeople lack safely managed sanitation
2.1 billionpeople lack safely managed drinking water

Sources: WHO, Sanitation fact sheet (2024, 2019 data); WHO/UNICEF JMP, Progress on household drinking water and sanitation 2000–2024 (2025)

Who we work with

Water utilities and municipalities

Wastewater and faecal sludge treatment, feasibility and design, and training for your sanitation team. For Water Utilities

NGOs and donors

A technical partner that brings proven, climate-smart products and supply chains into your programmes, including water utility support programmes.

Local enterprises

Molds, production standards, training and a product that sells.

Private sector and investors

Commercially viable products with measurable social impact.

For water utilities   See the partnership packages

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