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The USAID/Coca-Cola Water and Development Alliance
In 2005 The Coca-Cola Company and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Water and
Development Alliance (WADA), a unique partnership to address community water needs in developing countries
around the world. In conjunction with local USAID Missions and the Coca-Cola system partners (foundations and
bottling facilities), and with support from the Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF), WADA contributes to protecting and
improving the sustainability of watersheds, increasing access to water supply and sanitation services for the world’s poor, and enhancing
productive uses of water. With a combined investment of over $30 million, the partnership is having a positive impact
on the lives of people and the health of ecosystems in 23 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle east,
providing clean drinking water to over 500,000 people, ensuring access to basic sanitation to over 55,000 people, and
protecting more than 400,000 hectares of critical watersheds.
WADA objectives are to:
Establish participatory, sustainable water and watershed resources management to benefit people and ecosystems
Increase access to community water supply and sanitation services
Foster improved behaviors in sanitation and hygiene for positive health impacts
Promote efficient and sustainable productive use of water to protect the environment and provide economic benefits to communities
In 2011, The Coca-Cola Company received the 10th Anniversary Private-Sector Development Partner Award from USAID, recognizing our
implementation of more than two dozen programs over nearly a decade that demonstrated how the U.S. government and corporations
can work together to solve global problems.
USAID is the principal U.S. federal agency providing development and humanitarian assistance to over 100 countries around the world.
USAID uses public-private partnerships (known as Global Development Alliances) to leverage the resources, expertise, and creativity of the
private sector as well as non-governmental organizations to tackle development challenges worldwide.
To learn more about our partnership with USAID, please visit thecoca-colacompany.com/citizenship/community_initiatives/USAID.html
Since 2005 under both RAIN and WADA, The Coca-Cola Company and our partners have directed nearly $45 million toward
41 projects in 30 countries that provide access to water and sanitation and hygiene education or water for productive use.
“The continued expansion of our alliance with Coca-Cola is a
testament to USAID’s commitment to innovative public-private
partnerships as a means to positively impact the global water
crisis. Our efforts are transformative, bringing real results to
communities throughout the developing world.”
~ Raj Shah
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
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