Santa Monica Observer Article About Drop in the Bucket
“Literally everybody was sick with something,” said Stacey. “And almost all of it was caused by the dirty water they were drinking. We knew we had to do something to help but we knew we had to get to the cause rather than just continuing to treat the symptoms.” The solution was clean drinking water
Progress at Madera
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has donated to our fundraising campaign to provide clean water and toilets at the Madera School for the Blind in Uganda. This is the largest project we have ever taken on for a single school and it is considerably more expensive than anything we […]
Progress at the St Francis Madera School for the Blind
This is the largest project we have ever taken on for a single school and it is considerably more expensive than anything we have done in the past, but it is also one of the projects we are most proud of.
Hope Junior Primary School Article From The New Vision
The school is new performing better than ever at their end-of-term exams. Before the toilets, many children—primarily girls—were forced to drop out. Not only are many of them back in school now, but other kids in the district are coming to the school as well.
Madera School For the Blind
Help Shine a New Light for Blind Children in Uganda Every child deserves a clean and safe place to learn and play. Help us build a proper sanitation facility for the only School for the Blind in Uganda. For many parents in Uganda, just taking care of basic needs for themselves and their children can […]
This is Winnie Ayute
Winnie Ayute (15 years), Agama Primary School: I’m in Primary Six and our school is one of the largest schools in the district. There are 790 pupils including 342 girls. Before Drop in the Bucket drilled a well on the school compound, nearest source of water was a swamp at the Agule village which is […]
Check out our Holiday Video
We just launched our new fundraising platform that allows people to contribute the individual items that it takes to build a well, and our good friends at Kilograph helped us put together this great Holiday video. You can check out the video here Or go straight to this link to see how you can help.
Gardner Denver partnership news
Industrial machinery giant Gardner Denver has donated a state-of-the-art drilling compressor to Drop in the Bucket! This top of the line compressor has found a new home at our compound in Soroti, Uganda, and will be instrumental in speeding up water drilling efforts. Thanks to this partnership, we will get more women off the path […]
Sean’s lemonade stand
Sean decided to set up a lemonade stand to benefit “Drop In The Bucket” over the summer. His little sister, Isabella, helped too. He even had a mascot! On separate weekends, Sean set up stands at: City Hall Park: At his old public school: At Rockaway Beach And he even educated tourists about “Drop In […]
Norah Aligoyi
Norah Aligoyi is 18 years and is in Grade Seven at Aakum Primary School in Katakwi district of Eastern Uganda. She has one brother and one sister. They all walk about one mile each day to get to their school. At school, they had to walk another mile to get to the nearest water source. […]