The Just a Drop Approach
Nobody should be left behind when it comes to having access to safe water. We want to see a world where everyone has safe 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, and to focus on sustainability and quality, ensuring a project’s transformative impact is felt for decades to come.
We work with communities and country partners to implement water, sanitation and hygiene (‘WASH’) solutions that best suit local people’s specific needs, and which take into account local water availability, geography, infrastructure, economic conditions, and culture.
Country Partners and Communities
Our approach is rooted in community-led development, as local ownership is vital to the sustainability of our projects. We work together with country 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 to last, for maximum benefit to the people they serve.
Our approach ensures community-ownership, which is key to a project’s sustainability. We believe in transforming lives in the long-term, and we aim to monitor our projects for a minimum of seven years after completion.
Quality
Our approach focuses on the quality of our projects and solutions, to ensure their transformative impact lasts for as long as possible.
Our team has programme specialists in WASH, health and gender, and is expertly supported by eight Project Officer volunteer specialists in WASH, gender, hydrogeology, ground water, and civil engineering.
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.
Through our monitoring, we can clearly demonstrate our impact, and report back to each project’s funding partner to demonstrate the difference their support has made.
