Where Water Flows,
Equality Grows
The women behind Safe Water Now — engineers, health workers, and mothers driving impact across India, Kenya, Uganda, and Malawi.
This World Water Day, the UN is calling attention to a truth that the women we work alongside live every day: the water crisis is not gender-neutral.
Women collect it, manage it, and bear the consequences when it isn't safe — lost time, lost income, sick children.
But women are also the ones closing the gap between infrastructure and impact. Across India, Kenya, Uganda, and Malawi, Evidence Action's Safe Water Now program reaches millions of people with access to safe drinking water. Behind that number are the women who make it work: engineers who climb water tanks, frontline health workers who go door to door, and mothers who became community advocates after watching their own children get well.
These are some of their stories.
"The children are no longer falling sick."
"A true community champion."
"Safe water in minutes, not hours."
"One household at a time."Read her full story →
"From beneficiary to advocate."
Safe water doesn't reach families on its own.
It takes women like Krishnaveni, Narayanamma, Nakadama, and Farzana — working at every level of the system, from water tanks to kitchen tables.
Evidence Action's Safe Water Now program delivers proven, cost-effective water treatment to communities across Africa and Asia. But scale depends on sustained investment.
This World Water Day, help us reach more communities with safe water — and support the women making it possible.