Water • Education • Women's Health

Water is the first step.
Education is the journey.
Thriving communities are the destination.

For nearly two decades, Drop in the Bucket has been building safe water systems, strengthening education, and creating healthier futures for children across East Africa.

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How is DROP DIFFERENT?

We don't just fund projects. We build them.

For nearly two decades, Drop in the Bucket has built wells, improved schools, and created opportunities for children across East Africa. We own and operate our own drilling equipment, employ full-time teams in Uganda and South Sudan, and stay involved long after construction is complete.

We build every project ourselves

As a boots-on-the-ground organization our drilling crews, engineers, educators, and field teams carry out the work themselves. That gives us greater oversight, accountability, and long-term impact.

Local teams. Local knowledge.

Our staff live and work in the communities they serve. Their local knowledge and long-term relationships help ensure every project reflects community priorities and creates lasting change.

Built to last

Every project includes training, community ownership, and ongoing support so schools and communities can maintain their water systems and continue benefiting for years to come.
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Water • Education • Women's Health

It started with water wells.
Then we stayed long enough to see what else was needed.

Clean water was the first step. Years of working alongside schools and communities showed us other barriers children and families were facing. So our work grew — from water and sanitation to education and women's health.
A girl from the Dudtdut village in the Koro sub-county of the Omoro district in Uganda gets clean water from a newly drilled borehole.

Clean Water

Clean Water is the First Step

We build safe water systems and support sanitation and hygiene programs that protect health and help children stay in school.
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Education

Water Keeps Children Healthy
Education Changes Futures

We provide scholarships, academic support, teacher training, and programs that help children—especially girls—remain in school and succeed.
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Women's Health

When Women and Girls Thrive
Whole Communities Grow Stronger

Our programs give girls and women the health education, dignity, and support they need to stay healthy, continue their education, and build stronger futures.
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Our Impact

Real People. Real Change

Behind every number is a person.

Every well we build creates opportunities that extend far beyond clean water. Children spend more time in school, families face fewer preventable illnesses, and communities gain the foundation they need to thrive.
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ON THE GROUND
IN EAST AFRICA

TRANSPARENCY & IMPACT

See exactly where your support goes

Every completed project is documented with photographs, location information, and stories from the communities we serve.
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Children from the local community gather around the well drilled by Drop in the Bucket in Ogai Uganda

Photos From the Field

See the people whose lives you change by donating. We post photos from every completed well.
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Project Locations

See exactly where each project was built.
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Community Stories

Meet the people and communities behind the work.
Students from the Drop in the Bucket secondary school scholarship program in Nimule South Sudan
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Trust & Impact

Since 2006, Drop in the Bucket has completed more than 700 water and sanitation projects across East Africa. We are currently sponsoring 530 girls with secondary school scholarships in South Sudan.
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Verified Nonprofit

Operating in Uganda since 2006 and South Sudan since 2009.
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Global Recognition

DROP has been featured by major media outlets and is rated by Charity Navigator and GreatNonprofits.

TAKE ACTION

The Next Chapter
Starts With you

Every well gets drilled because someone decides to step up and help. Every scholarship starts with someone believing in a girl's future.

Your support can help keep a child healthy, learning, and in school.
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"I raised $3,000 for my birthday and a well was built in Uganda three months later. Seeing the photos of those kids was the best birthday gift I've ever received."

~ Sarah M., Portland, Oregon
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