Team Hold Each Other was launched in 2016 to provide clean water to 4656 people. Hold Each Other is a team of 22 members working to address the issue of gender-based violence resulting from water collection, including children being abused at water access points, missing school, dropping out of school, and the trigger of domestic violence from long water collection times and poor hygiene.

Team Hygiene & Culture (H&C) launched their first water venture in 2016, which initially faced water shortages due to military camp disruptions. They courageously put their new skills as conscious social change agents to work and negotiated an agreement with the military camp for increased local water service.

Team Bright Future launched their first water venture in 2017 in the Jali Sector that has served at least 2731 people (in 546 households) with clean, safe water each month. With the money earned from water sales, Bright Future supported 192 financially vulnerable people, in 32 households by providing two free jerry cans of water each day.

Hard Workers, Global Grassroots’ longest operating water venture has grown from a rainwater catchment system serving 120 households to 3 locations with two water tanks each, serving more than 9,000 people in total.