By Signing up for drop4drop, you will be pledging to fund the supply of clean drinking water at least equalling your company's own output.  For example, if your company produces 1,000,000 litres/month, drop4drop will collect a donation from you based on that amount, which is then distributed to one of our partner charities and used to fund the supply of 1,000,000 litres/month to people in need.  Through this simple equation, every drop of liquid that you produce will start to save lives.

The cost of providing clean drinking water is minimal compared to the huge, life-saving impact it has.  drop4drop works with leading experts including Global Angels and Potters for Peace to ensure the most efficient allocation of funds and the greatest longevity of the work done, ensuring that each donation is going directly to where it is needed and is doing the maximum good.

So how much does it actually cost?

The price of delivering clean drinking water varies depending on the type of projects being carried out.  It depends on the lifespan of the equipment, the accessibility of the location and the amount of funds required for training and maintenance.

In order for the concept of "drop4drop" to work , we have established one standard price for water, which is an agreed absolute minimum that all of our partner aid agencies and humanitarian charities agree they can work to across all of their diverse projects.

The "drop4drop" standard is agreed that we will fund the delivery of at least 500 litres of potable water for every $1 donated.

Based on the facts that $11.3 billion a year is needed to meet the United Nations Millenium Development Goal on water and sanitation (Wateraid), there are 1.1 billion people without clean drinking water (WHO/UNICEF), and Sphere states that each person needs 15 litres per day.

We have calculated that it costs $11 to provide one person with their annual requirement - 5475 litres - of clean drinking water.  In order to simplify it further, from that amount we have extrapolated the figure of $1 buying 500 litres of potable water, and set this as the "drop4drop standard"


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