Xylem Watermark, the corporate social responsibility program of global water technology company Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL) and health-focused development and assistance organization, Americares, aims to reach 1 million people in 2021, through their collaboration to improve access to clean water and sanitation. The program builds on the first year of the partnership, which has provided clean water and sanitation to more than 3.5 million people, helping to slow the spread of COVID-19.

In 2021, the partners will provide water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure repairs and education to frontline health workers and communities in six countries, including India and Bangladesh, which are currently experiencing spikes in COVID-19. In Mumbai, where informal urban settlement communities are particularly affected by the second wave of the pandemic, interventions will include the rehabilitation of WASH infrastructure at health facilities, serving 70,000 people in the city’s most low-income areas. The partners will also provide WASH assistance to disaster-prone coastal communities in Bangladesh, including those still recovering from Cyclone Amphan.

Source: Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire