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Water.org: Brazil 2022 - 2024

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Amazon
Area: 5888268 km2
Countries:
Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
Cities:
Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: Brazil
Basins: South Atlantic (352) (Rio das Velhas), South Atlantic (353) (Uruguay River), Tiete
Project SDGs:
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Increase Access to Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (SDG 6.1 & 6.2)
Project Tags:
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Sanitation
Hygiene
Leaving No One Behind
Women & Water
COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus
Progress to Date: 85,000 people reached to date, 260 million liters of annually recurring volumetric water benefit accounted using WRI VWBA method. Reach up to 500,000 people per year with lasting access to safe water and sanitation, with additional benefit of up to 1.5 billion liters per year of recurring Volumetric Water Benefit in high-stress river basins (using WRI method).
Services Needed: Policy advocacy
Communications & outreach
Financial support
Stakeholder engagement & facilitation
Desired Partners: Business
City
Government
NGO / Civil Society
Social Enterprise
Investor
Financial Institution
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2022  »  Ongoing
Project Website: water.org/our-impact/where-we-work/brazil
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Inadequate access to drinking water services, PHYSICAL: Inadequate access to sanitation services, PHYSICAL: Inadequate access to hygiene services
Additional Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: pool
Project Source: User
Profile Completion: 85%

Project Overview

Bahia, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraná, Pará, Tocantins, Alagoas, Sergipe, Acre, Sao Paolo

Reach up to 500,000 people per year with lasting access to safe water and sanitation, with the additional benefit of up to 1.5 billion liters per year of recurring Volumetric Water Benefit in high-stress river basins (using WRI method). Average cost per person reached with lasting water and sanita…

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Bahia, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraná, Pará, Tocantins, Alagoas, Sergipe, Acre, Sao Paolo

Reach up to 500,000 people per year with lasting access to safe water and sanitation, with the additional benefit of up to 1.5 billion liters per year of recurring Volumetric Water Benefit in high-stress river basins (using WRI method). Average cost per person reached with lasting water and sanitation solutions below $5 USD per person / $.0015 per liter. Water.org solutions include household taps, toilets, borewells, rooftop rainwater harvesting, storage tanks, piped connections, cisterns, community water filtration, special needs toilets & infrastructure improvements.

Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Inadequate access to drinking water services, PHYSICAL: Inadequate access to sanitation services, PHYSICAL: Inadequate access to hygiene services
Project Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners)

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