We are delighted to welcome Just a Drop as our Official Fair Charity Partner

 

Just a Drop is an international development charity organisation working to bring sustainable safe water, sanitation, and hygiene projects to communities around the world, transforming lives. Since starting back in 1998, they have reached nearly two million people in 33 countries. With your support and donations, they'll be able to support 280 people in the Mumbwa District of Central Province of Zambia where people experience true poverty caused by a lack of safe water. Communities are forced to collect water from a hand-dug well and streams that are shared with livestock and ponds that appear during the rainy season.

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Women and girls who endure long treks to collect water and face dangerous obstacles including attacks from elephants who frequent the region. On the way back, the journey is even worse, as on top of these dangers, they are forced carry a heavy jerry can with them.

The situation causes a huge gender imbalance where girls are often forced to drop out of school with a need to prioritise household chores, and women are unable to contribute to family finances; keeping them in a devastating cycle of poverty.

The International Institute for Environment and Development estimates that 50,000 boreholes across rural Africa are broken down and no longer in use. In Mumbwa District alone, there are 342 non-functioning boreholes.

Just a Drop will work directly in the district to teach them how to repair and then maintain these broken boreholes. With these skills, the communities will be able to access a sustainable source of safe water for years to come.

With safe water, the area will achieve long-term, positive benefits, improving lives. A broken borehole in an area where safe water is scarce is a tragedy for communities.