One Drop Foundation

ONE DROP is an international non-profit organization created by Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté. At the core of their mission is water as a transformative force to improve living conditions, as well as give communities the ability to care for themselves and their family. Sustainably.

Access to safe water is one of the most efficient ways to support individual and collective development. However, water projects can fail due to the absence of an integrated approach. Problems can range from inappropriate initial design to broken pumps, no maintenance training and contaminated water points resulting from lack of sanitation facilities and unhealthy hygiene practices. To prevent and help solve these problems, ONE DROP™ has developed the unique A∙B∙C for Sustainability™ intervention approach, a winning combination of strategic and operational initiatives designed to address sustainable access to safe water:

These are the three active components used to form a united force when it comes to water for consumption, productive purposes, hygiene and sanitation to help communities reach self-reliance. The combined power of these three components is the unique formula that makes One Drop's water access and sanitation projects sustainable.

Inspired by Cirque du Soleil and its Cirque du Monde program, One Drop uses circus arts, folklore, popular theatre, music, dance and visual arts to raise awareness of water-related issues, promote the sharing of wealth and encourage people to take action, in both the South and the North.

One Drop has projects in Central America, India and West Africa. The criteria One Drop follows to identify where they can make the most difference when it comes to sustainability is:

For it's India-Odisha project One Drop has received the following recognition:

Guy Laliberté has pledged to donate C$100 million to the organization over 25 years. As of their 2012 Annual Report, One Drop has raised nearly $52 million over its most recent five-year period, with funds allocated to programs meant to provide permanent safe water to over 340,000 people.

NOTE: For this section all monetary amounts are in US$.

In 2011, Laliberté teamed with Caesars Entertainment, owner of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), to launch a major poker tournament to benefit the organization. The One Drop tournament would be held as a competition within the larger WSOP series of tournaments held each summer in Las Vegas.

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