OUR STORY

Every great change
begins with a bold idea

TRANSFORMING LIVES SINCE 2009

Finish Mondial Foundation

Transforming Sanitation, Dignity, and Health Through Financial Inclusion

Diamond Model Approach

SINCE 2009

Financial Mondial Foundation

FINISH Mondial began in 2009 with a bold idea that access to sanitation could be achieved not through charity, but through financial inclusion. What started as a spirited discussion in India soon became a pioneering model linking microfinance, health, and dignity.
In the early days, few believed that families would take loans to build toilets. But through persistence, partnerships, and innovation, FINISH proved that when people are empowered to invest in their own well-being, real change happens.
When challenges arose from the microfinance crisis to rapid national sanitation drives FINISH adapted, learned, and expanded. In 2018, the initiative evolved into FINISH Mondial, now active across India, Kenya, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Today, FINISH Mondial has helped more than 12 million families access safe sanitation, built thousands of livelihoods, and shown the world that finance can be a force for dignity, health, and sustainability.

FINISH Mondial Foundation

Financial Inclusion
Improves Sanitation & Hygiene

Recognising the critical gaps, WASTE started the FINISH project in 2009 with support from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) to provide safely managed sanitation to 2.5 million people in India. FINISH became a programme became a programme in 2013 by expanding to Kenya. Today as FINISH Mondial, we operate in six countries. To strengthen capacities, further upscale sanitation and increase its impact, the FINISH Mondial Foundation (FMF) was officially registered as a new legal entity in December 2023 up by the initiator of the programme, WASTE.

The Diamond Model

Discover our revolutionary approach to sustainable development through systematic transformation

Diamond Model Approach

FINISH Mondial (FM) is a proven approach that delivers systemic change using the “diamond model” which ensures a multi-pronged methodology to enable sustainable development. This model strengthened through multiple partnerships, is ready to scale its mission to achieve sanitation for all, in connection to relevant Sustainable

Multi-pronged Methodology
Strategic Partnerships
Scalable Solutions
SDG Alignment
Diamond Model Approach

Systemic Change Model

Four-pronged approach to sustainable development

Sustainable Development Goals

Contributing to global transformation
through targeted action

SDG 6.2

Clean Water & Sanitation

By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls.

2.5M people impacted
SDG 3.2

Good Health & Well-being

End preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years, reducing neonatal mortality and improving maternal health through better sanitation.

6 countries active
SDG 8.5

Decent Work & Economic Growth

Achieve full and productive employment through financial inclusion, creating decent work opportunities in the sanitation value chain.

2009 since inception

Our Core Values

Sustainability

Building solutions that last for generations.

Innovation

Using creative approaches to accelerate impact

Collaboration

Partnering with governments, NGOs, and communities.

Integrity

Working transparently and ethically in all we do.

Our Journey

1
2009

Conceptualisation

FINISH Mondial began as a programme of WASTE, focusing initially on India. Our vision was clear: create sustainable sanitation solutions that would transform communities.

Background
The Beginning

Started with a focus, laying the groundwork for what would become a multi-country impact program.

2
Background
Building Alliances

Established key partnerships that would enable large-scale implementation and sustainable funding.

2010-2015

Strategic Partnerships

Formed strong partnerships with financial institutions and funders in India and expanded to Kenya in 2013.

3
2016-2020

Global Expansion

Like this, yet would set out a few years 2013 expansion to Kenya 2018 expansion to Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and Bangladesh 2023 establishment of FINISH Mondial Foundation

Background
Six Countries

Scaling across diverse geographical and cultural contexts while maintaining program effectiveness.

Bangladesh Ethiopia India Kenya Tanzania Uganda
4
Background
Massive Scale

Scaling across diverse geographical and cultural contexts while maintaining program effectiveness.

2M+
Sanitation Systems
500M
Mobilized Funding
2021-Present

Transformative Impact

Achieved the construction of over 2.5 million safely managed sanitation systems and mobilized more than €530 million for sanitation initiatives, continuing to drive sustainable change. To strengthen capacities, further upscale sanitation and increase its impact, the FINISH Mondial Foundation (FMF) was officially registered as a new legal entity in December 2023 up by the initiator of the programme, WASTE.