What does this child have to do with economic empowerment?
Although Drop in the Bucket is mainly thought of as a water charity, drilling wells is just the first step. What happens when the wells break?
Meet Robert from the Dokolo Kamuda savings group
In 2014 Drop in the Bucket formed a village savings group at the Dokolo Kamuda primary school in Uganda.
Astrophysics and Gender Equality
Renowned astrophysicist Vera Rubin started her career at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory with a protest about bathrooms and gender.
The 2016 Drop in the Bucket Holiday e-Card
How about giving the gift of health, happiness, and life. This year, give the gift of clean water with our easy and convenient Drop in the Bucket holiday e-card.
Back to School with Lucy Acomo
Like too many girls of her generation Lucy Acomo was forced to quit school in order to take care of her family. She never even learned to read and write.
The Story Behind the Photo
What’s written on this blackboard alone won’t change her life, but her education can help pull her out of poverty and give her the opportunity for a future she deserves.
More Than Just Water
The VSLA is a village run system of neighbors lending and borrowing money to each other to start small businesses. The system is linked to a local well and the money is collected in the form of monthly water user fees.
Lobule Village is now Open Defecation Free
As uncomfortable as it is to think about an entire village with no toilets, imagine how uncomfortable it would be to live like. The people of Lobule Village didn’t have the privacy or comfort of using a toilet and the entire community was living just steps away from their own waste
A Vision For Giving Tuesday
Four years ago, he and his parents didn’t have much hope for his future. Now he dreams of being a musician, so that he can share with people the happiness he experiences when he hears music.
Sometimes, It Just Can’t Wait – World Toilet Day
Of course, the most effective way to combat diarrhea and other sanitation related diseases is prevention and the best way to achieve that is through education.