Key Aims
- By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round
- By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition
- By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers
- By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change
How Just a Drop Impacts
Just a Drop works in areas often prone to severe drought, flooding and soil erosion. The unpredictability of rainfall leads to diminished agricultural productivity – with devastating effects for communities. Our projects provide a sustainable source of water all year round.
Reducing diarrhoea is key to improving nutrition, as 50% of malnutrition is attributable to repeated episodes of diarrhoea. Our clean safe water, sanitation and hygiene projects reduce diarrhoeal diseases in the communities we work with.
In Kenya we work directly with communities to improve nutrition and achieve sustainable food security. Alongside water solutions such as sand dams, which provide enough water for communities to irrigate crops, we provide sustainable climate-smart agricultural training in terracing, mixed cropping, cover crops, zero grazing, tree planting and seed banks.
In Makueni County, for instance, we distributed a variety of drought-tolerant seeds for local farmers to plant, strengthening food security for the local community as well as economic security for the farmers.
