for me in acting. reporter: worldwide, more than 750 million people live without poetable water, making them susceptible to disease. since 2009, water.org has helped communities connect to clean water through wells and microloans. the founders say their approach isn t just charity but a sustainable solution. tell me about the water credit. how does it work? so, if you re in a slum in india, you might be spending hours every day walking to a public tap, waiting in line. the water s sometimes there, sometimes it s not. you might be paying the water mafia, which is basically these people who come around and sell you 20 liters of water for a pretty high price. if you could actually just front them the money to connect to the municipality that was piping water right underneath their feet, you d give them their time back so they could work at their job and pay the loan off. reporter: this isn t a glamorous topic to discuss at hollywood fund-raisers, but matt damon has not shied awa
does that include like the handsome men s club with jimmy kimmel? real organizations. reporter: damon lent his time and money to organizations that worked to end aids, hunger, poverty and even junk mail. this is the one that seems this is the one, this is what i spend all my time on. i just was shocked by how massive water was. water and sanitation. water really kind of underpins everything. worldwide, more than 750 million people live without potable water, making them susceptible to disease. since 2009, water.org has helped communities connect to clean water supplies through wells and microloans. the founders say their approach isn t just charity but a sustainable solution. tell me about the water credit. how does it work? if you re in a slum in india you might be spending hours every day walking to a public tap waiting in line, water is sometimes there, sometimes not. you might be paying the water mafia which is basically people who come around and sell you 20 lite