Since April, Nicaragua has seen widespread civil anti-government unrest and violence, with tragic consequences for society and the country as a whole. Many other NGOs have decided to pull out of the country due to safety reasons, and while the situation has implications for Just a Drop, it has made our project work in Nicaragua increasingly more important says Bella Mytton-Mills, Just a Drop's Programmes Coordinator. Read more
We have started liquid soap making programmes with many of the groups and schools we work with in Kenya, as part of our sanitation and hygiene work. The soap can be used for hand washing, as well as cleaning utensils or clothes. It ensures good health and hygiene, keeping everyone healthy and happy. Soap making programmes also provide a good source of income. Hear from members of the Wendo wa Meko Self Help Group about the impact soap making has had on their lives... Read more
In the semi-arid area of Makueni County in Kenya, Just a Drop works with community self-help groups to build sand dams, which provide a natural and sustainable solution to capturing the biannual rains that fall so quickly and heavily that very little water is captured for drinking, washing, or other needs. View our photostory of the Kwa Voki community's sand dam here. Read more
Just a Drop and The Maiden Factor Foundation
30 years ago, the yacht Maiden gained acclaim as the first vessel to be sailed around the world by an all-female crew, in the Whitbread Round The World Race in 1989-90, paving the way for all women.
Now fully restored, Maiden will in 2018 embark on a new global journey to raise funds and campaign for girls’ education.
The Maiden Factor Foundation aims to empower and educate girls around the world working with charities, including Just a Drop, that focus on the diverse barriers that prevent them from unleashing their full potential. To ensure the greatest impact, The Maiden Factor Foundation has teamed up with six charities in a collaborative bid to raise funds and campaign to ‘empower a girl, and change the world’ – uniting Just a Drop, Fields of Life, Orchid Project, Room to Read, The Girl’s Network and Why Comics?
In September 2018, we joined our charity partners, crew and TRHs The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, as guests of Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein – whose initiative ‘Anything is Possible’ supports Maiden’s restoration and global tour - on board Maiden before she embarks on her new journey.
Just a Drop is thrilled to be a partner. Safe water changes everything, improving health, education, women’s rights, leads to secure food sources, economic growth and brighter futures. It completely transforms lives, especially those of women and girls.
In Uganda, Just a Drop has been supporting girls through our menstrual hygiene programme. We provide a supply of affordable sanitary pads to girls, and train health educators to deliver menstrual health education and hygiene training in schools and the community, to girls, boys, male and female teachers and their families. This raises awareness and breaks down taboos and discrimination against menstruating girls. Menstrual Hygiene Management enables girls to manage their menstrual cycle with dignity, which helps keep them in school, furthering their education and improving their life chances.
Maiden’s journey will help ensure that we can continue to deliver such life changing work – and help ensure that every girl has the support she needs to reach her full potential, because with that support, anything is possible.
Since April, Nicaragua has seen widespread civil anti-government unrest and violence, with tragic consequences for society and the country as a whole. Many other NGOs have decided to pull out of the country due to safety reasons, and while the situation has implications for Just a Drop, it has made our project work in Nicaragua increasingly more important says Bella Mytton-Mills, Just a Drop's Programmes Coordinator.Read more
We have started liquid soap making programmes with many of the groups and schools we work with in Kenya, as part of our sanitation and hygiene work. The soap can be used for hand washing, as well as cleaning utensils or clothes. It ensures good health and hygiene, keeping everyone healthy and happy. Soap making programmes also provide a good source of income. Hear from members of the Wendo wa Meko Self Help Group about the impact soap making has had on their lives...Read more
In the semi-arid area of Makueni County in Kenya, Just a Drop works with community self-help groups to build sand dams, which provide a natural and sustainable solution to capturing the biannual rains that fall so quickly and heavily that very little water is captured for drinking, washing, or other needs. View our photostory of the Kwa Voki community's sand dam here.Read more
Monday 28 May is Menstrual Hygiene Day and this year's theme is #NoMoreLimits. Just a Drop's Senior Programmes Manager Melissa Campbell discusses the fundamental role that menstrual hygiene plays in enabling women and girls to reach their full potential.Read more
We've been busy bringing safe water, sanitation and hygiene education to communities this spring - here are our highlights!Read more
Fulrani lives in Patna Village, India, with her family. Fulrani used to walk for 6 hours a day to collect water from the nearest river. A pump tower and piped water system in the village now brings water directly to her home and has made a huge difference to her life.Read more
Get involved and make a difference this World Water Day, 22 March, by fundraising to support 400 children at Kithangaini Primary School in Kenya with life transforming safe water. Check out some of our fundraising ideas and let us know what you decide to do! Post, tweet and share your pics with the hashtags #JustaDropWWD and #WorldWaterDay and remember to tag us @Just_a_DropRead more
It's International Women's Day on 8 March and this year it's time to #PressforProgress and work together to accelerate gender parity. Just a Drop Founder Fiona Jeffery OBE discusses why safe water and sanitation are essential to progressing gender parity, and we hear from inspiring women across our projects.Read more
Just a Drop's annual lecture for 2018, 'Secret Lives Exposed: If Walls Could Talk', saw acclaimed authors and historians Sarah Dunant, Bettany Hughes and Suzannah Lipscomb join us - together with an audience who had braved a freezing, snow-covered London - to reveal history's secret stories and hidden lives, for our fifth annual lecture at the Royal Geographical Society, on 1 March 2018.Read more
Hear from Agnes Wasswa, a member of Zabuliwo Women’s Group in Uganda, as to how an income generating loan has completely changed her life.Read more
Just a Drop strives to work to the highest possible standards. We are all disappointed at the news that the behaviour of some aid workers working for other organisations fell short of these standards, behaviour which we feel undermines the life changing work delivered by the sector. Just a Drop has a strictly enforced series of policies and a culture which ensures that inappropriate behaviour is not tolerated.Read more
For children at Kilili Primary School in Makueni County, Kenya, life is joyful. Like children everywhere, they enjoy playing with their friends and learning at school. However, life in this particularly arid area of Kenya doesn't come without its challenges. Water is scarce, and often contaminated. Just a Drop has recently brought life changing safe water to the school. View our photoessay here.Read more