What We Do

We work at a grassroots level to support communities around the world with access to sustainable safe water solutions, sanitation facilities and knowledge of safe hygiene practices.

Our sustainable projects provide support to communities, such as through the construction of hand-dug and drilled wells, pipelines, sand dams, rainwater harvesting systems and latrines, and hygiene and sanitation programmes.

We have reached over 1.5 million people in 32 countries since we began in 1998.
Our project work is currently focused in Cambodia, India, Kenya, Nicaragua, Uganda and Zambia.

Safe water, improved sanitation facilities and knowledge of safe hygiene practices leads to improved health, better education, secure food sources, improved rights for women, income generation and greater prosperity. It completely transforms lives.

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

Hang on - what's 'WASH'?

'WASH' stands for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. All three areas together reduce illness, death and poverty, and lead to socio-economic development.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene are all highly dependent on each other. Safe water is essential for life, and for good health. Without safe water, hygiene practices are not possible. Adequate sanitation together with good hygiene practices are necessary to keep water clean and uncontaminated. Just a Drop is a WASH organisation, as our work focuses on the three areas of water, sanitation and hygiene. We aim to ensure all three are present in the projects we implement.

Just a Drop is growing... We are developing our holistic approach to further support communities in a range of activities such as food security, income generation and menstrual hygiene management.

Latest

Spring Highlights

We're pleased to share the news that we have completed our 300th project in Montegrande, Nicaragua! Thanks to your generous support, this spring we've been busy working with communities from Cambodia to Zambia to provide access to safe water and sanitation. Here are our spring highlights!
tripsology & Just a Drop

tripsology makes a donation to safe water and sanitation charity Just a Drop every time you make a booking. Just a Drop brings sustainable safe water, sanitation and hygiene projects to communities worldwide. Safe water changes everything. It improves health, education, women’s rights, leads to secure food sources, economic growth and brighter futures. It completely transforms lives, especially those of women and children.
Epsom College CCF Fundraiser

Sign up here for the Epsom College CCF fundraiser in support of Just a Drop. Support women in developing countries to gain access to clean water, and help us to spread the word about the challenges these women face.
For the Love of Nature

Just a Drop's annual talk for 2019 'For the Love of Nature' saw the filmmakers behind epic Netflix series Our Planet and acclaimed BBC series Life, Planet Earth and The Hunt share the stories that have inspired them across their thirty years of wildlife filmmaking, from the jungles of Borneo to China's panda reserves and the Galapagos Islands...

Spring Highlights

We're pleased to share the news that we have completed our 300th project in Montegrande, Nicaragua! Thanks to your generous support, this spring we've been busy working with communities from Cambodia to Zambia to provide access to safe water and sanitation. Here are our spring highlights!
Menstrual Hygiene Day

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.
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.

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
Baltimore Aircoil Company

Just a Drop partnered with Baltimore Aircoil Company on World Water Day, 22 March 2018, to bring safe water and sanitation to communities worldwide. Throughout 2019, Baltimore Aircoil Company will support the 23,000 people who use Zzinga Health Centre in Uganda with safe water, sanitation and hygiene facilities. In 2018, BAC’s employees engaged in raising funds to support Just a Drop to bring much needed safe water to 1,324 people across India, Kenya and Nicaragua.
Uganda
India