Neni took out a WaterCredit loan to install a toilet in her home. This has given her more time to run her snack shop and provide for her family.

Through Water.org, women are getting access to safe water at home. With safe water at home, women have time to focus on other things, such as a job. From farming, to sewing, to selling snacks women are spending their new found time earning an income for their families.

Millions of women around the world are prohibited from accomplishing little more than survival. Not from a lack of ambition or ability, but from a lack of safe water and adequate sanitation at home. In fact, women and children spend a combined 125 million hours each day collecting water. Water collected this way is often polluted and unsafe, and can mean additional time spent caring for ill family members.