First site.

Author’s Name (United for United for Hope

Hope).

Article Title Providing Clean Drinking Water to India’s Rural Poor Using a Social
Enterprise Model.

Website Title Open Ideo

Updated Date 01:40, Apr 18, 2016

URL https://challenges.openideo.com/challenge/water-and-sanitation/second
-evaluation/providing-clean-drinking-water-to-india-s-rural-poor-using-a-
social-enterprise-model

Credentials of author OR
website

Direct Quote Paraphrase Notes

“As an NGO (based in both Europe & India) This social enterprise lowered the Example
whose mission is to radically transform the face contaminated water rate from
of India’s villages, United for Hope takes a 87% to 50 % and they
holistic approach and a core pillar of our work established their first clean water
is water & sanitation. We have already lowered enterprise. (United for Hope).
the open-defection rate in our pilot village from
87% to under 50%, undertaken extensive
WASH education and launched our first clean
water enterprise” (United for Hope).

They provided the funding for the water house,
and water purification system. In addition, we
seek financial partners to help cover the initial
pre-project operational costs until we can move
to a self-sustaining social enterprise model.
(United for Hope).
This social enterprise provide Example
water purification system in
contaminated areas. (United for
Hope).

“Our current experience is that challenges arise
not through technology but through willingness
to purchase the product (even at a minimal
price) and reliable staffing who ensure
professionalism and have the necessary skills
to scale, expand and improve operations from
This social enterprise sells water Example
with a minimal price and it is
expand, develop the operations in
rural areas. (United for Hope).
 a rural base. Finding solutions to these
challenges is the base of our work.” (United for
Hope).

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First site.

Author’s Name (Acharya). Nish Acharya

Article Title Paul Newman's Social Enterprise Now Provides Clean Water To Nearly 1
Million People

Website Title forbes.

Updated Date Mar 8, 2018, 10:55am

URL https://www.forbes.com/sites/nishacharya/2018/03/08/paul-newmans-social-e
nterprise-now-provides-clean-water-to-nearly-1-million-people/

Credentials of author OR I cover innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development.

website I lead Equal Innovation, a firm that consults with leading universities,
governments, foundations and companies to assist them with innovation,
entrepreneurship and philanthropic strategies. I also am a Senior Fellow with
the Center for American Progress and the author of the “The India-US
Partnership: $1 Trillion By 2030” by Oxford University Press. Follow me
@nishacharya. I previously served as Director of Innovation &
Entrepreneurship and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce for the
Obama Administration, and as Executive Director of the Deshpande
Foundation, a prominent American philanthropy focused on innovation,
entrepreneurship and scalability around the world.

Direct Quote Paraphrase Notes

“SWN’s efforts are guided by a simple premise This social enterprise could offer Example
- that properly equipped communities can “reliable”, cheap and safe water
successfully operate small water enterprises by using equipments. (Acharya).
that provide a reliable, affordable supply of safe
water.” (Acharya)

“The Safe Water Network has successfully This social enterprise offers clean Example
implemented this social enterprise approach at water to one million people with
scale, serving more than one million people in 300 communities. (Acharya).
300 communities. They have demonstrated the
sustainability of their model to governments,
private sector investors, policy makers and
philanthropists.” (Acharya).
 According to Safe Water Network, there are This social enterprise establishes Example
several important steps that water “operational controls” in rural
entrepreneurs undertake in partnership with the places for water quality.
municipalities and regions they serve. First, as (Acharya).
with all successful organizations, they must
have robust operational controls in place to
ensure water quality and uninterrupted service.
This has been difficult because so much about
the sourcing of water is beyond their control.
(Acharya).