What would you do to keep your children healthy?

The Challenge

* In both urban and rural areas of India, low-income households often lack access to affordable, safe water. Families, especially women and girls, often spend long hours collecting water from local water sources, or draw water from poorly maintained infrastructure, and end up with water that is not safe for consumption.

The Innovation

* WHI developed a model incorporating a cost-effective technology designed for the poor, and an effective approach to social marketing and distribution.

* The business model is unique, combining social marketing expertise, a deep knowledge of local markets, commercial financing skills, and world-class technology for purifying bacterial contamination in collected surface water.

The Impact

* WHI's rural community water systems serve 250,000+ regular customers in India alone, providing daily access to safe, affordable water — with the potential to be a game-changing leader in providing safe drinking water in rural areas.

Learn more on our website, http://www.acumenfund.org/investment/waterhealth-international.html

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• acumenfund
• acumen
• fund
• water
• health
• waterhealth
• whi
• india
• rural
• socent
• socialentrepreneurship

[sramaswamys]

Fantastic initiative. Only a social enterprise can deliver this...