703 million people around the world today don’t have access to clean water. The majority live in isolated, rural areas – the same areas growing our coffee.

Coffee is a water-intensive crop with a large water footprint. Up to 840L of water is needed to make one 750ml pot of coffee. That’s more than tea, sugar, wheat, and barley. 

It’s wrong that while we enjoy the purest filtered water in our coffee, the communities at the end of its supply chain face a water crisis.

This is why it’s our mission to unite the coffee industry and coffee consumers to give back to the communities growing our coffee by investing in sustainable clean water, sanitation and hygiene projects.

Closing decade one

Our main goals

Since 2011, Project Waterfall has raised over £1 million and changed more than 80,000 lives in Nicaragua, Tanzania, Rwanda, Vietnam, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia. Here is what we want to achieve going forward:

 
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Reach as many people as possible with clean water, sanitation and hygiene

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Increase awareness of the water crisis

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Give individuals and businesses further ways to make a tangible difference

Our approach

 

concentrated on coffee-growing countries

As the charity of choice for the coffee industry, we are concentrated on coffee-growing countries. The majority of coffee comes from developing countries where many people lack access to safe water. We’re committed to supporting those who make our daily coffee possible.

 

Funding Sustainable Projects

All the projects we fund train local people who can continue to maintain the water source long after we have left, ensuring a permanent supply of clean water.

100% PROMISE

Every single penny of public donations goes to funding clean water projects. This is thanks to corporate sponsorship which covers our running costs.

 

Focused on water

Access to water, sanitation and hygiene is a crucial step in breaking the poverty cycle as it underpins all other development issues.

No Overpromising

We support projects that have a high-reach and long-lasting impact, and only commit to a project once we have secured the funds to see it through to its end.