Bringing water to those in need

Co-founder of Water.org Gary White.
Co-founder of Water.org Gary White. Photo by Praveen Sundaram.

As co-founder of Water.org, Gary White has helped empower more than 29 million people worldwide with access to safe water and sanitation. A civil engineer with a bachelor’s degree (1985) and a master’s degree (1987) from S&T, he founded WaterPartners in 1990. In 2009, he merged the organization with actor Matt Damon’s non-profit, H2O Africa, to form Water.org.

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