Federation of Unions of Water Workers in Peru (FENTAP) is a democratic union established in 1981 to represent all water and sanitation workers in Peru. In early 2006, the Government of Peru suspended the union licenses for FENTAP leadership; the utilities have arbitrarily fired many of the union leaders, whose cases are under appeal. UUSC supports FENTAP’s efforts to mobilize Peruvians to advocate for policies that modernize public water utilities in ways that protect the environment and respect users’ human right to water. Twenty-five percent of FENTAP’s members are women, yet women comprise over half of the governing board leadership. FENTAP’s men and women are providing a model of responsible union stewardship by working together with many sectors in society that inspire hope for Peru.

Mi Cometa is a community organization based in Ecuador that promotes new organizing methods for the promotion of human and civil rights. Their work, focusing on children, young adults and families, is generating a social movement of urban-marginalized neighborhoods in the city of Guayaquil focused on defending the human right to water and sanitation services. Mi Cometa is building community capacity to critically analyze and propose alternatives, supported by advances in technology and social structures to carry out a full campaign to promote human and civil rights. UUSC supports Mi Cometa to organize "community observatories" to defend the right for access to good quality water and public services for the poor residents of Guayaquil.

The Environmental Defender Law Center  (EDLC) has found expert pro bono legal assistance for Mi Cometa's case in Ecuador, where 158 children were poisoned by Hepatitis A in 2005. EDLC helps groups around the world like Mi Cometa defend their rights. EDLC Executive Director Lewis Gordon and EDLC's Brant McGee matched Joëlle Hervic, Esq., of Earth Matters Law, with Mi Cometa to write the brief for the children's case.

The Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN) was established in 1998 to develop cooperation among alternative research centers and social movements in the Asia-Pacific Region, and raise capacity in advocacy and education, particularly in the conduct of research, information, education and advocacy-related activities on natural resources. Increasing poverty coupled with people’s loss of rights and their diminishing control over their patrimony and national lives has led APRN to become prominent in addressing issues on trade, debt, financing for development, peace and security, gender, food and agriculture, migration, labor, TNCs, regional cooperation, privatization of water services, and human rights. The APRN sees these issues both as a challenge and an opportunity for research and in raising the level of social awareness, advocacy and growth of social movements across the region.

The Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA)
CEDHA’s mission is to foster the creation of inclusive public policy that promotes socially and environmentally sustainable development, through community participation, public interest litigation, strengthening democratic institutions, and the capacity building of key actors. Their work centers on promoting greater access to justice and guaranteeing human rights for victims of environmental degradation or non-sustainable management of natural resources, and to prevent future violations. CEDHA does this primarily through litigation and legal advisory assistance, advocacy, capacity building, empowerment of victims and civil society, and research and publications.

Coalition Against Water Privatization in South Africa (CAWP) -- Comprised of community-based organizations and non-governmental organizations, CAWP has been organizing and advocating for South Africans’ right to adequate and affordable water access.

Tanzania Gender Networking Program (TGNP)
TGNP promotes gender equality and social equity through the empowerment of women and other marginalized sectors of the community. UUSC is supporting TGNP’s “Water for the People Not for Profits” project. TGNP and the 45-member organization of the Feminist Activism Coalition are researching the effects of water privatization on women, a largely forgotten agenda in Tanzania.

Massachusetts Global Action is a statewide grassroots network and membership organization that helps communities challenge the negative effects of corporate globalization in the commonwealth. UUSC supports MGA’s campaign “The Color of Water,” which educates and empowers citizens to be proactive about their water services.

Federation of Neighborhood Organizations in the City of El Alto, Bolivia (FEJUVE) is a nonpartisan, participatory, civic organization made up of 600 neighborhood councils that promote equality and social justice in the town of El Alto, a small suburb of La Paz, the capital of Bolivia. In El Alto 68 percent of the people live below the poverty line and 45 percent have no access to potable water. The FEJUVE secretary general was appointed water minister by newly elected President Evo Morales, who declared that Bolivia will no longer allow privatization of water services.

Coalición de Organizaciones Mexicanas por el Derecho al Agua (COMDA – Coalition of Mexican Organizations for the Right to Water) works to promote the human right to water and everything that relates to it: right to life, an adequate life quality, a healthy environment, health, food and adequate housing, as well as cultural rights related to water. COMDA works for the sustainable use of the resource and for democratic and social control over water services.

The National Coalition against the Privatization of Water (Ghana – CAP), founded in 2001, works to ensure that access to potable water is available to all and guaranteed as a human right, and that Ghana’s water system remains in public hands.

La Red VIDA (Vigilancia Interamericana para la Defensa y Derecho al Agua – Inter-American Network for the Defense of the Right to Water) was established in August 2003 when 54 organizations from 16 countries in the Americas launched a hemispheric campaign to defend water as a fundamental human right. Organizations of consumers, women, environmentalists, workers, human rights activists, religious, and indigenous people are involved in working on guaranteeing access to water. The goal is to develop an alternative democratic and participatory model for water services to return water to the sacred place that it occupies in the cycle of life.

The Ghana National Coalition against Privitization of Water