Opened in 2006, ASDSW a living example of A Single Drop's National PODS model. Despite abundant rainfall, the Philippines faces tremendous challenges related to water. ASDSW is at the forefront of helping communities, governments, and international aid organizations address these challenges.

Our Goals

A Single Drop for Safe Water has 3 main goals which all support the revitalization of communities:

IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH - WASH Education as a core strategy to change unhealthy community practices;

TECHNICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SELF RELIANCE - Empower communities with the tools and organizational skills to address their own water issues using financially, environmentally and socially sustainable practices to self-fund their community development;

FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE - offer appropriate technological solutions and business strategies that are income-generating, relieving their dependence on outside funding.

Our Milestones

June 2006 - Gemma and Kevin offered the first BioSand Filter (BSF) trainings in the Philippines

Aug 2006 - Canadian Ambassador funded the first 5 PODS pilot programs in ARMM

September 2006 - ASDSW office opened in Puerto Princesa, Palawan

March 2007 - UNICEF sponsored a BSF Relief program for Albay hurricane and volcano evacuees

May 2007 - in less than a year, ASDSW helped over 16,000 people have safe water

January 2008 - ASDSW conducted its first Community Water System PODS training in Zambales

May 2008 - in less than 2 years ASDSW helped over 25,000 people have safe water

June 2008 - Gemma and Kevin won the Echoing Green "Best Emerging Social Entrepreneurs"

December 2008 - ASDSW funded all its operating costs with earned training fees

April 2009 - in less than 3 years, ASDSW helped over 35,000 have access to improved water supply

January 2010 - ASDSW triples its impacts by providing over 120,000!

February 2010 - ASDSW is asked by OXFAM to Chair the Humanitarian Relief Consortium, an active network of expert NGOs to deploy immediately after disasters and resource partners to provide  emergency supplies and other much needed resources