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.

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Derek Warburton, USA Goodwill Ambassador

Just a Drop's USA Goodwill Ambassador Derek Warburton has visited our projects in Nicaragua, and continues to spread the word for us in the US about the need for clean water, for all.
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Derek Warburton, USA Goodwill Ambassador

Just a Drop's USA Goodwill Ambassador Derek Warburton has visited our projects in Nicaragua, and continues to spread the word for us in the US about the need for clean water, for all.
What We Do

We work at a grassroots level to support marginalised communities around the world with access to sustainable clean water solutions, sanitation facilities and knowledge of safe hygiene practices: such as through the construction of hand-dug and drilled wells, pipelines, sand dams, rainwater harvesting systems and latrines, and health and sanitation programmes.
Mums Army Campaign

Join our Mums Army campaign this summer! Support women in developing countries gain access to clean water, join thousands of other women and mums around the UK who have been taking part in a range of fundraising activities: from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and sky-driving to holding coffee mornings and sponsored walks for water.

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What We Do

We work at a grassroots level to support marginalised communities around the world with access to sustainable clean water solutions, sanitation facilities and knowledge of safe hygiene practices: such as through the construction of hand-dug and drilled wells, pipelines, sand dams, rainwater harvesting systems and latrines, and health and sanitation programmes.
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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.
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.
Mums Army Campaign

Join our Mums Army campaign this summer! Support women in developing countries gain access to clean water, join thousands of other women and mums around the UK who have been taking part in a range of fundraising activities: from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and sky-driving to holding coffee mornings and sponsored walks for water.
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Take part in a challenge event, join our Mums Army campaign, make a donation - there's so many ways you can get involved and join us in bringing clean, safe water to all.
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