Our Approach

We believe everyone, everywhere, should have access to clean water as a basic right. We want to see a world where everyone has clean water and adequate sanitation, and the increased health and prosperity this brings.

Our approach is to support marginalised people across the world through community-led development, rather than aid; and to focus on sustainability and quality, ensuring a project's transformative impact is felt for decades to come.

We work with communities and local partners to implement water, sanitation and hygiene ('WASH') solutions that best suit a community's specific needs, and which take into account local water availability, geography, infrastructure, economic conditions and culture.

Community

Our approach is rooted in community-led development, rather than aid, as local ownership is vital to the sustainability of our projects. We work together with local partners and communities from initial proposal through to a project's completion. Each project establishes community-based structures for the maintenance and management of a solution. This approach maintains the dignity of the local community, and ensures their investment, increasing a project's longevity and securing its success.

Sustainability

Our projects and solutions are sustainable and designed and developed to last, for maximum benefit to the communities they serve. Our approach ensures community-ownership, which is key to a project's sustainability. We believe in transforming lives for the long-term, and we aim to monitor our projects for a minimum of 7 years after completion.

Quality

Our approach focuses on the quality of our projects and solutions, to ensure their transformative impact lasts for the long-term. Many of our country project officers have over 40 years engineering experience in an international context, and our UK team has significant relevant professional experience.

Impact

We ensure that all of our projects make a lasting, positive impact to the lives of the poorest communities around the world, transforming lives. We aim to monitor our projects for a minimum of 7 years after completion to ensure this. We can clearly demonstrate our impact, and report back to each project's funding partner to demonstrate the difference their support has made.

Latest

Just a Drop's Spring Highlights

We've been busy bringing safe water, sanitation and hygiene education to communities this spring - here are our highlights!
Partnership & Events Manager

The Partnership & Events Manager is an important and valued role at Just a Drop, with the opportunity to make a huge impact on the charity's development. We’re looking for a confident, positive self-starter motivated to take the initiative across a varied and interesting workload. Working in the Fundraising and Communications team, the Partnership & Events Manager will take responsibility for managing some of our partnerships and delivering events. Closing Date: Friday 27th April, 5pm
Fulrani's Story

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.
World Water Day 2018

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_Drop

Meet the Team

Get to know who we are
What We Do

We work at a grassroots level to support communities around the world with access to sustainable safe water solution, sanitation facilities and knowledge of safe hygiene practices: such as through the construction of wells, pipelines, sand dams, rainwater harvesting systems and latrines, and hygiene and sanitation programmes.
Projects

Map showing our clean water, sanitation and hygiene projects across the world.
Why Water?

With clean water, communities can begin to lift themselves out of poverty and build brighter futures. Drinking dirty water can make people sick. That’s just part of the picture. A lack of clean water and sanitation holds back development and makes it harder for communities to escape the poverty trap.
Our Approach

We believe everyone, everywhere, should have access to clean water as a basic right. We want to see a world where everyone has clean water and adequate sanitation, and the increased health and prosperity this brings. Our approach is to support marginalised people across the world through community-led development, rather than aid; and to focus on sustainability and quality, ensuring a project's transformative impact is felt for decades to come.
Kenya
Solutions
The Great Whisky Distillery Challenge

A record-breaking dash round 60 of Scotland’s distilleries gathered a unique whisky collection raffled for Just a Drop, which has raised £10,755, which can support a whole community in Zambia with access to clean, safe water and sanitation.
Radisson Hotel Group

Radisson Hotel Group has partnered with Just a Drop as part of its Blu Planet programme. Our partnership helps give children around the world access to safe drinking water through the hotel brand’s towel re-use programme. Guests are asked to reuse their towels and forego housekeeping. For every towel reused, Radisson Hotel Group make a donation to Just a Drop. Over 15,000 people across Just a Drop projects now have access to safe water thanks to this initiative.
Get Involved!

Take on a marathon, hold a bake sale, give a monthly donation - there are so many ways you can get involved and join us in bringing clean, safe water to all.