Through his nonprofit organization,
actor Matt Damon hopes to bring the dignity of a toilet to all.
As part of Water.org's "Strike
With Me" campaign, actor Matt Damon poses with a toilet seat to raise
awareness of the 2.5 billion people who lack access to safe water and
sanitation. Damon founded Water.org with Gary White by merging his earlier H20
Africa project with White's WaterPartners International in July 2009.
A nonprofit organization, Water.org
seeks to provide developing communities in Africa, Central America and South
Asia with access to safe water and sanitation. In Kenya, Water.org programs
have outfitted rural and urban areas with sanitation products such as rainwater
harvesting tanks, shallow wells and biogas toilets. In Bangladesh, Water.org
offers grants and microfinance tools called WaterCredits to increase citizens'
access to safe water. And in Haiti, Water.org is working to bring clean water
and sanitation to 50,000 Haitians by the end of 2013.
In addition to his work with Water.org,
Damon is a founding member of Not On Our Watch, an organization dedicated to
bringing attention and resources to the world's mass atrocities, as well as an
active participant in the ONE Campaign, which works to combat AIDS and extreme
poverty.
Pix courtesy Photo: Todd Williamson/Invision for Water.org
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