Drop in the Bucket believes that water is a basic human right and by providing access to clean water we can solve a multitude of the world’s problems. On March 22nd, 2020 we’re celebrating World Water Day and we’d like your help to spread awareness about the World Water Crisis we’re all facing.

“Our bodies, our cities and our industries, our agriculture and our ecosystems all depend on it. Water is a human right. Nobody should be denied access.” — UN Secretary-General António Guterres

Why Does Clean Water Mater?

 

According to the UN, 700 million people worldwide could be displaced by intense water scarcity by 2030. That’s a scary number!

By building wells and sanitation systems in Uganda and South Sudan, Drop in the Bucket, is directly fighting the World Water Crisis in some of the world’s most vulnerable areas. See our completed projects below.

 

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Get The Facts

Want to learn more about the World Water Crisis? Get the facts here!

Share a fact on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and help spread awareness about the World Water Crisis.

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How Can I Help?

Start A Fundraiser

You can do a lot on your own, but think what you could do with a group? Start a fundraiser with your business, school, church, team, or organization group! Once your well is drilled we’ll send you photos of it being used. That way you can see the faces of the children you helped. We will also place a tile with the inscription of your choice on the tile as a permanent commemoration of your achievement. Learn More.

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Donate Your Birthday

The greatest gift you can give is the gift of life. It’s hard to wrap our heads around the fact that while we all have so much, some people only need one thing to improve their lives, clean water. Next year on your birthday ask your friends to do something different. Give them the opportunity to change an entire community’s lives. Why not donate your next birthday and instead of gifts ask people to help build a well in your name? Learn More.

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Become a Monthly Donor

Monthly donations make it possible for us to plan ahead with drilling projects. Knowing that we have the funds to drill more wells in a specific area means we can be more efficient and help more people. Please consider signing up for a monthly donation, no amount is too small or too large, but being able to count on regular monthly donations is huge for us as an organization so we really appreciate all of our regular supporters. Honestly, we couldn’t do any of this without you. Learn More

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Thanks to your generous donations, Drop in the Bucket has drilled over 400 wells and sanitation systems since 2006!

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Conserving water is one of the easiest ways we can make a difference. Take our quiz and get personalized recommendations on how you can save water!

Your Support Helps Provide Clean Water

& Creates A Brighter Future For Us All

Donate Now

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According to the UN, a 15-year-old girl in South Sudan has a higher chance of dying during childbirth than finishing high school. In response to statistics like this, Drop In The Bucket has been creating programs to help girls stay in school through water and sanitation initiatives, menstrual hygiene management, economic empowerment through scholarships, workshops and mentoring programs.

Why It Matters

Educated girls grow to have a voice in their community, a better understanding of economics and opportunities and can improve the quality of life in the village for decades to come.

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Did you know water, sanitation & education are all closely related to gender?

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Fetching Water

Although education is valued in East Africa, boys’ education is prioritized. Girls are often tasked with fetching water while their brothers go to school. This leaves little time to focus on an education. Learn More

Missing School

Girls drop out at much higher rates once they hit puberty. Without effective mechanisms to handle menstruation, they miss a week of school per month, fell behind, and eventually drop out. Make A Difference

The Next Step

We’ve created programs to help girls stay in school through clean water and sanitation, menstrual hygiene management, economic empowerment through scholarships and mentoring programs. Join Us

 

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Your Support Helps Empower Young Women

& Creates A Brighter Future For Us All

Donate Now

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In 2019, Drop in the Bucket drilled a well at a school near Gulu, Uganda where we met a very special young student named Precious. This is her story!

 

 

DROP IN THE BUCKET IS SUPPORTING EDUCATION IN UGANDA

By locating our wells in schools and providing water-related educational materials, we support education inside the village. School attendance often increases dramatically when a well is built. This is true particularly amongst girls because they’re typically tasked with fetching the family’s daily water.

Help Drop in the Bucket empower young girls to stay in school and fully harness the life-changing power of an education.

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SMALL ACTIONS CREATE BIG CHANGE

Start A Fundraiser

You can do a lot on your own, but think what you could do with a group? Start a fundraiser with your business, school, church, team, or organization group! Once your well is drilled we’ll send you photos of it being used. That way you can see the faces of the children you helped. We will also place a tile with the inscription of your choice on the tile as a permanent commemoration of your achievement. Learn More.

Donate Your Birthday

The greatest gift you can give is the gift of life. It’s hard to wrap our heads around the fact that while we all have so much, some people only need one thing to improve their lives, clean water. Next year on your birthday ask your friends to do something different. Give them the opportunity to change an entire community’s lives. Why not donate your next birthday and instead of gifts ask people to help build a well in your name? Learn More.

 

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“You don’t need to invent some Nobel Prize winning formula to save millions of children. The solution already exists: soap & water.” – Therese Dooley

 

Today is Global Handwashing Day

Did you know that 80% of all infectious diseases are spread by hand?  That means they could be easily preventable with a simple and inexpensive solution that you probably have in your home right now. Yes, that’s right soap!

So why is a water charity talking about soap?

Although Drop in the Bucket is known for providing clean water to schools and communities, our activities go beyond just drilling wells. We have a strong component of our program that focuses on sanitation, health, and hygiene.

One of our primary goals is to raise awareness about the importance of good hygiene because it is a simple strategy that can save lives.

Global Studies found that improving hand hygiene can reduce the spread of infectious diseases by 50% – So let’s get to work! 

Many of you donated to our 2015 Soap for South Sudan campaign, which was a huge success. With your support we were able provide soap to hundreds of refugees who were fleeing their homes in South Sudan because of war.

This year our goal is to provide soap and hygiene awareness training to 20 rural schools where we are currently working in northern Uganda.

FACT: Poor sanitation kills more children every year than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. (WHO)

 

How Can I Help?

Celebrate Global Hand Washing Day with us! Please consider making a donation and help give the gift of good health.

$200 – Provides 5 cases of soap

$40 – Provides 1 case of soap

$20 – Provides ½ case of soap

 

Feel Good Fact: The soap we will be buying is locally made, so the good generated by your donation is doubled because it supports local women’s groups that make and sell soap

 

Although it’s not glamorous, soap can be a lifesaver! Donate Now

 

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As global citizens, we are all interconnected and can have a profound effect on one another. This is a heartwarming story of how one kind gesture set off a chain reaction felt around the world. Learn how a pair of shoes in Uganda started a movement!

Back in October of last year, Drop in the Bucket drilled a well at a school in Koboko, Uganda.

While taking photos of the well, DROP’s Director Stacey Travis noticed something strange. A young boy taking off his shoes and handing them to another boy who started to put them on. After asking one of their teachers Stacey learned the family only had enough money for one pair of shoes, so the brothers shared them.

The one wearing the shoes wanted his brother to be in the photo wearing shoes too. So he took them off and gave them to him.

We were touched by the sweet gesture and shared the story on our Facebook Page. 

One of our donors was so touched by the story she asked if she could buy the brothers some shoes.

Understanding that DROP’s primary mission is to provide clean water, the donor created a simple fundraiser on our website. She ended up raising enough money to fund an entire well! Then she requested that we use the extra money to also purchase some shoes for these boys.

While drilling the new well, we stopped by to visit the brothers so we could measure their feet for new shoes. We then realized that there were two other boys living with them so we ended up purchasing new shoes and fresh socks for them all.

Our organization name is not lost on us – we are just a drop in the bucket. We mainly focus our attention on providing clean water to schools and communities. However, it was a joy to be able to fulfill this one-time unique request from one of our special donors.

And of course, the boys were thrilled.

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It’s World Water Week!

To commemorate World Water Week (August 25 – August 30), we’d like to highlight our teams on the ground. They are committed to drilling wells and providing clean water to schools and rural communities. We appreciate them because they make a difference in hundreds of lives every day.

It is our mission to bring attention to the world water crisis and to shine a light on this grave situation. There is a lack of clean water around the planet. We often feature the students who can’t focus on their studies because they don’t have water in their schools. Families who are suffering from water-borne diseases. The women and girls who sacrifice day in and day out by walking miles to fetch clean water for their families. The global water crisis is real and it is our mission to do something about it.

This year, we would like to take the opportunity to highlight the tireless work of our drilling teams who spend most of the year away from their families drilling in far and remote locations. The work is dirty, exhausting, frustrating and filled with challenges. But through it all, this team stays focused and pushes on. They share our united mission – drilling and providing clean water to children in sub-Saharan Africa.

They will have drilled more than 40 wells for schools and communities this year alone and clocked countless hours planning, preparing and venturing into areas where people are suffering in silence. The DROP team does this work because it’s their passion. They are directly on the ground all the time so they can be directly involved. They stay and work with the communities, the local leaders and individuals who will be the direct beneficiaries.

On World Water Week 2019…

We would like to say thank our team in the trenches and their amazing cook who keeps them fed. The world is better because of your dedication and hard work.

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Here are a few photos of our most recent projects. If you’d like to see a map of our completed projects click here.

 

HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH DROP IN THE BUCKET

Start A Fundraiser

You can do a lot on your own, but think what you could do with a group? Start a fundraiser with your business, school, church, team, or organization group! Once your well is drilled we’ll send you photos of it being used. That way you can see the faces of the children you helped. We will also place a tile with the inscription of your choice on the tile as a permanent commemoration of your achievement. Learn More.

Donate Your Birthday

The greatest gift you can give is the gift of life. It’s hard to wrap our heads around the fact that while we all have so much, some people only need one thing to improve their lives, clean water. Next year on your birthday ask your friends to do something different. Give them the opportunity to change an entire community’s lives. Why not donate your next birthday and instead of gifts ask people to help build a well in your name? Learn More.

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