{"id":1041,"date":"2026-03-13T13:29:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/southeast-asia\/?page_id=1041"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:47:30","slug":"our-why","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/southeast-asia\/about\/our-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Why"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-bf6b1e01 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c27f7c8ab0ba4a33c8e474299e1f2ce4\"><strong><strong>Water is the interconnector of all&nbsp;sectors;&nbsp;therefore, it is not possible to support sectors development without understanding the role of water as one of the important development&nbsp;foundations. As important as it is, water is still considered as social goods by development actors. 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