This year we celebrated Global Handwashing Day by becoming a #Sweat4Soap partner. Honouring this five-day global activation, every kilometre ran was matched by a bar of soap and every 100,000 kilometre with a solar-powered water kiosk for rural Ghanaian communities in need. The results were phenomenal. Now that the final #Sweat4Soap numbers are in, let’s take a look at the impact we have collectively made in the lives of thousands of people. The campaign attracted participant

This Global Handwashing Day (15 October), Project Maji has partnered with Australian ultra-runner and water warrior Mina Guli for a week-long activation titled #Sweat4Soap. The campaign has attracted supporters from over 180 countries. Every kilometre logged by runners around the world, will be matched by a bar of soap and every 100,000 kilometres with a Project Maji solar-powered water kiosk for rural Ghanaian communities in need. Mina, the brains behind #Sweat4Soap, describ

To mark Global Handwashing Day on October 15, Project Maji – a Dubai-based safe water enterprise and a finalist for EXPO 2020 Global Best Practice Programme - has joined forces with locally based social activist, athlete and Nike Ambassador Manal Rostom to raise awareness about the importance of handwashing in rural Ghana. Her trip to Ghana coincides with the #Sweat4Soap campaign and will attract support from over 180 countries. Every kilometre logged by runners around the wo

Just days ahead of World Water Day 2021, Maji Buckets have won the Best Awareness Campaign Award by International Humanitarian City during its annual members global meeting 2021. As soon as the pandemic struck the African continent, we pivoted our plans, priorities and operations to address the most pressing threat faced by those we serve. In Sub-Saharan Africa, 3 billion people lack access to a handwashing facility with water and soap at home. This meant an enormous risk of

Like the rest of the world, 2020 was an eventful year for us. Despite enormous challenges, we stand proud of having delivered uninterrupted access to safe water in the world’s most vulnerable communities. It is time to look back at everything we achieved in these unusual 12 months. Watch our 2020 Highlights Video for more. At Project Maji, we started the year with 45 operational sites across Ghana and Kenya. Up until February, everything was business as usual as we went on to

As a frontline responder with access to the most remote rural communities, Project Maji has responded quickly and efficiently to curb the spread of COVID-19. Till date, we have reached thousands of people with clean water, handwashing trainings and bars of soap. At present, we are rolling out the distribution of the Maji Buckets – our uniquely designed zero touch handwashing stations across rural communities in Ghana. While working to ensure that proper handwashing is possibl

Maji Buckets proudly produced by people of determination The production of Maji Buckets is in full swing. After the tremendous success of the #Sweat4Soap campaign, we were eager to produce 450 zero-touch handwashing stations in Ghana. We tapped into the potential of the workforce of the Ghana Federation of Physically Disabled Persons, providing suitable employment opportunities. “The experience is just wow”, says Elvis Alipui (48), a vocal advocate to promote the abilities of

The incredible success of the #Sweat4Soap campaign in the UAE was largely attributed to two incredible female athletes, from opposite cultural backgrounds, who use their voices to address social causes, Australian Mina Guli and Egyptian Manal Rostom. The concept created a movement of runners across the globe to log their miles for bars of soap, raising awareness for the 3 billion people around the world who do not have access to water and soap. The #Sweat4Soap campaign is the

This Global Handwashing Day, we have joined hands with Mina Guli and three leading SWEs to raise awareness around hand hygiene under a week-long activation called #Sweat4Soap. Every 100 km logged by runners around the globe will matched by 1 Maji Bucket donated to a community in need. In 2017, lack of access to handwashing caused a total of 707,000 deaths globally. In 2020, with COVID-19 raging across the globe, we can safely estimate that hygiene-related mortality has expone

As a safe water charity responding to the COVID-19 outbreak across Sub-Saharan Africa, we were challenged to rethink handwashing facilities in our communities. Our local technicians quickly facilitated the introduction of the Maji Bucket: A Zero-Touch Handwashing station; a truly Ghanaian invention made only using locally available materials. Project Maji’s COVID-19 response has been primarily focused on the promotion of hand hygiene as a frontline preventative measure agains