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WaterPartners International was an American nonprofit developmental aid organization tasked with the specific purpose of providing safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. Founded in 1990, it has since provided safe drinking water and sanitation to more than 200 communities in eight countries – Bangladesh, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Guatemala, India, Kenya, and the Philippines.〔(Ex-Aquila COO Stamm takes job with nonprofit ), KC Business Journal, December 6, 2007〕 The organization's co-founder and current executive director Gary White〔(Group Fights to Deliver Water to the Poor ), AP, January 30, 2005〕 is also a founding board member of the Global Water Challenge〔(Kenya: Sustaining and Scaling School Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene ), Global Water Challenge, December 13, 2006〕 and Water Advocates.〔(Water Advocates )〕 In July 2009, WaterPartners International merged with H2O Africa to form Water.org, co-founded by Matt Damon and Gary White.〔(Damon joins K.C. organization to provide for developing communities ) AP, July 15, 2009〕 ==Approach== WaterPartners' approach to implementing water projects involves four key components: # forging partnerships with local partner organizations in the countries it serves # involving the community at each stage of the project # selecting technology appropriate to the local community and their particular situation # integrating all projects with health and hygiene education. The organization conducts monitoring, evaluation, and original research programs. It has initiated third-party evaluations of its programs to determine how it is fulfilling its mission.〔(Community Water Systems Sustainability Study ), Lempira, Honduras, Emory University, October 1, 2006〕 WaterPartners' stated vision is to work towards providing safe drinking water to everyone in the world.〔(US Organization Helps People in Honduras Access Safe Water ), US Department of State, September 21, 2006〕 Currently, approximately one in six people on earth lack access to safe source of drinking water.〔(Water Diaries ), Living on Earth, PRI, August 17, 2007〕〔(WaterPartners International - Ethiopia ), Aware Magazine, October 1, 2007〕 More than two billion people lack access to basic sanitation.〔(No joke: It's World Toilet Day ), USA Today November 19, 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WaterPartners」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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