Articles from Global Water Challenge

Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL), World Wildlife Fund (WWF Namibia) and the Global Water Challenge (GWC) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to implement the Swakop Basin Collective Action Project, also known as the NBL Water Balancing Project. The five-year initiative brings together government, civil society and the private sector to address shared water challenges and strengthen water security and climate resilience in the Swakop River Basin.

The Coca-Cola system in Morocco, comprising Coca-Cola and its authorised bottler, Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company (ECCBC) Morocco, announced the launch of the “Unite Wetlands Guardians” project under the Africa Water Stewardship Initiative in 2025. The project aims to restore wetlands, strengthen water resilience, and promote sustainable water resource management across the priority sub-basins of the Oum Er-Rbia Basin. Led by Living Planet Morocco (LPM) and coordinated by Global Water Challenge (GWC), the project has now fully entered its operational implementation phase.

Global Water Challenge (GWC) and Cargill announced today the expansion of their Cargill Currents partnership into Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica and Türkiye. Launched by GWC and Cargill in 2021, Cargill Currents is a joint initiative that works in partnership with communities, governments and local organizations to help address the water challenges facing each region. As part of a global partnership, these new country activities join ongoing programming underway in Brazil, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and North America. Planned activities include improving access to safe water and sanitation, repairing water systems and supporting their long-term maintenance, promoting more efficient water use in farming, and restoring and monitoring watersheds.

Water Finance Exchange (WFX) has been awarded generous funding from the Global Water Challenge (GWC) and The Kohler Trust for Clean Water to provide technical assistance in Newbern, Alabama and communities across Texas, including Crystal City, Jim Wells County, and the South Texas Water Authority.

Today Cargill and Global Water Challenge (GWC) announced an important milestone of improving access to safe drinking water for more than 150,000 people through their Cargill Currents partnership.

During World Water Week 2024, Global Water Challenge (GWC) and Cargill announced the expansion of their Cargill Currents partnership platform with a renewed investment of over $5MM USD over three years and new plans to tackle water-related challenges in communities and basins across five continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Cargill Currents supports community health and livelihoods, promotes watershed health and advances water security around the world.