Drawing water at a pump in Orissa, India
Photo: R. Waghray/CWS

CWS built grassroots support for Senate resolutions and House bills leading to the Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act, signed by Pres. Bush last December. The Act makes access to safe water and sanitation for developing countries a policy objective of US foreign assistance programs.

Drawing water at a pump in Orissa, India, provided by a CWS partner