They shift, they grow, they stumble, they pivot and they continually refine their work and scope—yet amidst the ever-moving landscape of international development, there are core values that act as constants for Splash.

Splash works with foreign governments & builds local businesses to create safe water projects, at scale, in resource poor cities. The puzzle pieces already exist. They simply need to reconfigure them to create a more efficient, effective and equitable product.

Intervention

The unique Splash approach brings market-ready solutions to scale—using high quality, durable materials and proven local business models—for a sustainable solution that is locally appropriate. As a whole, the Splash model reflects an integrated view of Water, Hygiene and Sanitation as a three-fold chord to advance health outcomes.

Clean, Safe Water

Splash takes what works for world-class restaurants and hotels—their technology, supply chains and standards—to make the same quality possible for kids living in urban poverty. There is no reason why kids can’t have clean water, other than old economics and assumptions. But the economics and assumptions are changing.

Hygiene Education

Filtration alone can’t stave off water-borne illness. Behavior change is critical. Children learn about personal hygiene. For those lessons to last, we make them locally appropriate—and fun. Splash is seeing kids become empowered to make personal hygiene a positive-peer-pressure priority. Student hygiene clubs are coalescing, and with great impact.

Sustainable Sanitation

While securing clean water, Splash builds relationships with local organizations, businesses and governments to ensure appropriate provision and maintenance of toilets. The bargaining chip of clean water is proving to be quite valuable. When Splash does work that is initially perceived as impossible—cleaning water—then local organizations offer to their part with the possible: sanitation.