Fundación AVINA

AVINA is a private foundation, established by Stephan Schmidheiny, in 1994. AVINA is a Latin American organization that contributes to sustainable development in Latin America by encouraging productive alliances based on trust among social and business leaders, and by brokering consensus around shared agendas for action, with the support of people and institutions from around the world. It has several programs called Opportunities of Continental Relevance, one of which is the "Water Access Program" that seeks to help that 5 million people more in Latin America have access to water in the next three years. To do that, AVINA is working with hundreds of local organizations in 14 countries, called Community Water Boards, which are providing water to millions of people, utilizing democratic means of governance and decision-making. By supporting them in several ways, AVINA believes that they will be able to increase the number of people served with access to water. AVINA is also working in alliance with other international organizations such as CARE International, Water for People, Water Advocates, Global Water Partnerships, Water and Youth Movement, and AKVO, among others.