Sarah Kalin’s 4-Year Journey with Aqua for All: Bridging departments and continents
For her thesis for her master’s in international development, Sarah Kalin, our Programme Manager West Africa, researched the...
Aqua for All is an international foundation committed to providing universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation services that are inclusive, affordable and sustainable. Our mission is to mobilise private capital for entrepreneurs to transform the water and sanitation sector in low- and middle-income countries.
We support local water and sanitation service providers to scale their market-based solutions and to attract private capital. By catalysing private capital for market development and increasing access to finance, we accelerate access to climate-resilient water and sanitation services, especially in Africa and Asia.
We believe that market-based solutions, combined with public and private capital are needed to bridge the service and financial gap to achieve SDG 6 – water and sanitation for all.
We are Making Water Count!
What makes us unique?
Our added value
We drive sustainability, innovation and inclusion in the water and sanitation economy.
Climate-smart funding for water and sanitation
Our climate strategy focuses on adaptation and mitigations as well as building community resilience.
How we work
Our strategy promotes innovation, aims at scaling up viable solutions, and facilitates public and private investments.
Our impact
We have facilitated access to clean water and good sanitation to low-income households in 65 countries.
News
Launch of the Hofokam MFI WASH project
Hofokam MFI is one of the oldest and largest microfinance institutions serving the rural poor in Western Uganda,...
Bridging the Gap: Insights from our WASH Learning Event with Fair & Sustainable in Ethiopia
Despite concerted efforts by the Ethiopian government, the road to ensuring universal access to clean water and...
Evenpar and Aqua for All partner to improve access to clean water in South Africa
In a bid to address South Africa’s pressing water scarcity issues, Evenpar Fund and Aqua for All...
Key results
Clean water and good sanitation
More than 13.7 million low-income people got access to safe water, sanitation and/or IWRM.
Funds managed
Over €191.67 million in funds managed. Our funds were primarily spent in Africa (66%) and Asia (32%)
Focus: Africa and Asia
Operations in 65 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia
Organisations supported
Around 300 organisations supported
Our initiatives
Market-based and sustainable water and sanitation enterprises, as well as innovative finance solutions, are needed to accelerate access to clean water and sanitation for all.
This map shows the initiatives, enterprises and programmes we are currently funding, or have recently supported.
Global programmes, or programmes covering several countries or all Aqua for All focus countries, are in some cases coordinated from our Head Office in The Hague, the Netherlands, and are therefore registered on the map as located in the Netherlands.
Meet our team
Our partner organisations
