Three films produced by Safe Water Social Ventures have been selected for the 2026 B Corp Film Festival!
We are thrilled to announce that three of our films have been selected for the 2026 B Corp Film Festival taking place at the B Corp U.S. & Canada Champion's Retreat the week of April 20, 2026.
Safe Water Social Ventures (SWSV) was founded by Enviro-Stewards in 2003. SWSV helps establish locally owned and operation social ventures that manufacture and sell water filtration systems (biosand filters), providing access to safe drinking water and employment to communities in East Africa. A portion of Enviro-Stewards’ time and resources are used to help train and equip these local social ventures.
Certified B Corporations are businesses that are third-party certified to benefit society and the environment, essentially using their "business as a force for good." Enviro-Stewards was one of the original Canadian B Corporations, becoming certified in 2011.
The selected films (click the thumbnails to watch the films)
Ngongakinda (Resiliency)
Ngongakinda (Resiliency) tells the story of South Sudanese refugees who are providing safe water to the Ugandan communities hosting the refugees. When the civil war broke out in South Sudan, the Safe Water Social Ventures managers lost all of their tools and possessions when they fled to Bidi Bidi (the world’s largest refugee camp at that time). However, as they retained their resiliency and training, they started water purifier manufacturing facilities that are providing safe water to rural poor families in Uganda.
Amayengo (Ripples)
Amayengo (Ripples) tells the story of the self-propagation of safe water social ventures. We provided train-the-trainer training in 2007, and those students have gone on to help start 4 water purifier manufacturing plants in South Sudan (before the civil war there) as well as 3 manufacturing plants in Uganda. This film tells the story of the start of the newest project (in Jinga, Uganda) as well as involvement of fellow B Corp, Grosche, who were personally visiting some of the families helped through their partnership.
Rudisha (Give Back)
Rural poor residents are 8 times less likely to have access to safe water. As they also lack electricity, piped water and financial means (most earn <$3/day), they are also the least frequently helped by basic service delivery programs. Rudisha (Give Back) shows how a number of B Corporations and other businesses are replenishing the water that they use (Cup for Cup) by ensuring that an equivalent amount of safe water is purified where it is urgently needed.
Calling all filmakers!
Each year, Safe Water Social Ventures hosts the Impact Film Festival (IFF). The 2026 IFF takes place on November 12 at the Apollo Cinema in Kitchener, Ontario.
If you have a short film (ideally between 3 and 7 minutes long) you'd like to submit for consideration for featuring at IFF2026, you submit your application here.