Do you remember the last time your water stopped for a few hours? The unease of not being able to flush, waste building up, dignity shaken. Now, stretch those hours into days, weeks, even years—with no relief in sight.
Picture this: you wake up at night and have to leave your home to find a toilet. But instead of a clean, safe bathroom, there is only a hole in the ground, buzzing with flies. Imagine missing school because you lack menstrual health products or the privacy for basic hygiene. Imagine no clean water to wash your hands, spreading disease.
For millions in Latin America, this is not imagination. This is daily life. Nearly half of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean lack access to safely managed sanitation—a fundamental human right tied to health, dignity, gender equality, climate resilience, and so much more. Low-income communities suffer most, where adequate infrastructure is not within reach.
But in this story, there are heroes.
Entrepreneurs are Driving Solutions
These heroes are the entrepreneurs—innovators who refuse to accept this reality. They are rewriting the script on sanitation, proving that business-led solutions can be fast, affordable, and sustainable. Their ideas are already working. What they need now is scale—so no child, family, or community is left behind.In 2023, the Toilet Board Coalition Accelerator expanded into Latin America, thanks to co-financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and IDB Lab through the Source of Innovation alliance, delivered in collaboration with Water For People. The Project is currently in its third year, having graduated eight small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the region, impacting 98,671 households, with an additional five SMEs in the 2025 Cohort set to graduate at the end of this year.
Meet the Heroes
2M Proveedores (Peru)
2M Proveedores imports and distributes portable sanitation products and deodorisers, seeking to reduce costs and expand eco-friendly product lines. Debt reduction and new product launches are setting a path for future growth.
Sales over $200k; Evergreen Bronze product launched.
Brixsan (Peru)
Brixsan markets biological cleaning and disinfection products for bathrooms in human settlements. Expansion with new products for treatment plants will soon make up half their revenues—and with over 3,000 units sold monthly, their reach continues to grow.
New product launches; new staff hired.
Flor de Tierra (Guatemala & Honduras)
Flor de Tierra offers organic fertilisers and waste services that accelerate decomposition and promote agroecological farming. Their model now focuses on highly compostable products and community-led services.
Operates in Guatemala and Honduras; improved sanitation for 12,000+ people.
M&S Agroindustria (Peru)
Producer of effective microorganisms for wastewater treatment, turning sludge into compost for agriculture. By internalising production, M&S Agroindustria keeps gross profit margins above 80% and can deliver faster to municipalities, with plans to scale further and build in-house laboratory capacity.
Sales YTD $60k; over 90,000 cubic meters of water treated.
Sanilab (Peru)
Sanilab creates ergonomic dry toilets and turns waste into biofertilizer, with a circular model for climate adaptation and zero water use. Active consultations with local governments and investors foreshadow significant growth.
300+ people’s sanitation improved; active investor conversations.
Servicios y Soluciones A&S (Honduras)
Founded in 2021, Servicios y Soluciones A&S offers septic tank emptying, sludge transport, and treatment—cheaper, faster than building new pits, and doesn’t take up more land. In El Progreso, rural Honduras, founder Ingrid Cortez refined her business model to boost daily service capacity, double gross margins, and lower prices for families. By optimising costs and increasing service frequency, prices are dropping while profitability and reach expand.
“The experience with the Toilet Board Coalition Accelerator has been very beneficial for me and my business. I am pleased and grateful for the knowledge imparted by my mentors.” – Ingrid Cortez
Woman founder; over 170 cubic meters of water treated; margin strategy that uplifts local communities.
Sustenta (Guatemala)
Specialising in dry sanitation, rainwater harvesting, and ecological housing for urban and rural families. Sustenta strengthened its financial management, enabling the business to secure loans and undertake projects such as building 20 healthy homes for rural communities, each with rainwater harvesting, eco-friendly toilets, and clean water access.
Sales over $200k; 300+ indirect jobs created.
TUMI Robotics (Peru & Chile)
TUMI Robotics uses robotics and AI to streamline inspection, digitisation, and diagnostics for water and wastewater infrastructure—reducing costs by an average of 60%. After joining the Accelerator, they successfully transitioned to Robots-as-a-Service and SaaS, launched in Chile, and continue to attract investors.
Sales over $400k; new business lines launched.
2025 Cohort Heroes
And they are not alone. The 2025 Cohort—AKAMU ECOSAN, PLUVIA, PROFERT, TUKANO, and YAKUFIL—are already charting new realities in wastewater management, rainwater harvesting, ecological sanitation, and sustainable technologies in the region.
The Fundrazr Campaign
Significant progress has been made, but urgent action is still needed if we are to achieve SDG 6—safe water and sanitation for all by 2030. You have the chance to drive this momentum.
With $150,000, we can support seven innovative sanitation SMEs from Latin America in our 2026 programme (January–December). Every $20,000 enables one sanitation entrepreneur to access corporate mentorship, business model coaching, and investment readiness—equipping them to scale solutions that bring us closer to universal sanitation.
Your funding will support impactful entrepreneurs, accelerating business solutions to the sanitation crisis, and standing with the heroes who are building a healthier, more dignified future for Latin America.
The funds will cover key areas, including dedicated expertise from Accelerator coaches who directly support SMEs, branding and marketing efforts and the coordination of major events that bring together entrepreneurs, partners, and investors.
Join us to accelerate business solutions to the sanitation crisis. Support more SMEs next year and enable progress on SDG 6. Your funding is dignity restored, health protected, and lives transformed.
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