sentences:  In 2008, EMW began its expansion to Laos, Cambodia, and Timor Leste, with subsequent programming in the Philippines, India, and Myanmar.In 2012, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded East Meets West a US$10.9 million grant to improve sanitation and hygiene practices among the rural poor in Vietnam and Cambodia.In 2013, EMW and Blue Planet Network signed a definitive agreement to merge, bringing together EMW's “pay for performance” water and sanitation programs and Blue Planet Network's online collaboration and impact analysis platform.