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The whirlwind that was 2020: A Look Back

Feb 3

The whirlwind that was 2020: A Look Back

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

Maji Buckets rolled out in Rural Ghana

Dec 27, 2020

Maji Buckets rolled out in Rural Ghana

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

Talent has no boundaries

Nov 22, 2020

Talent has no boundaries

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

#Sweat4Soap success driven by female forces for good

Nov 1, 2020

#Sweat4Soap success driven by female forces for good

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 world who do not have access to water and soap. The campaign is the brainchild of M

We are a #sweat4soap partner, are you?

Oct 14, 2020

We are a #sweat4soap partner, are you?

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

Introducing the ‘Maji Bucket’: A Zero-Touch Handwashing Station

Oct 8, 2020

Introducing the ‘Maji Bucket’: A Zero-Touch Handwashing Station

As a safe water enterprise 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 aga

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