Projects

Simavi & EARTH Water '100% Sexfree Water'

Donation: 50.000

Simavi and EARTH Water announce '100% Sex-Free Water' to draw attention to women in the water crisis.

Amsterdam - Development organization Simavi and social enterprise EARTH Water are joining forces with the sale of '100% Sex-Free Water' in 2024. With this limited edition beverage carton, the organizations draw attention to the uncomfortable truth that millions of women and girls are experiencing sexual violence due to the dire water crisis.

Water by Women

Donation: €15.000

As you may have heard, last summer, in collaboration with Niels van Weerdenburg, we started Artivist, a platform that combines art with the SDG goals. For goal 6 - clean drinking water & sanitation for everyone - art has been sold recently that is inspired by this subject. Thanks in part to the sale of various works of art, we are proud to announce that €15,000 has been donated to the Water by Women project in Nepal!

Update LiveBuild

Donation: €50.000

Since 2015, LiveBuild is one of the organizations we donate to annually. This year, we were also able to donate a nice amount of €50,000 during Water & Wine.

The LiveBuild Foundation is committed to building water and education facilities in Cameroon. The ultimate goal is that villagers can provide for their own basic needs so that they too can use their full strength to improve their own lives and those of others.

Project Tjommie

Donation: €6.000

Good news from South Africa! With a donation of €6000 we were able to help Tjommie with the installation of two water tanks that provide access to clean drinking water for roughly 1000 families. Tjommie means “Friend” in South African, due to the poor living environment for the children there, a friend who offers help can be of vital importance! Unfortunately, the effects of the COVID pandemic are also noticeable here. That is why the help is unfortunately needed even more than before. Better an African “Tjommie” than a good neighbor!

LiveBuild Cameroon 2015 - now

Donation: € 167.500

Since 2015, LiveBuild is one of the two organizations to which we make annual structural donations.

The LiveBuild Foundation is committed to building water and education facilities in Cameroon. The ultimate goal is that villagers can provide for their own basic needs so that they too can use their full strength to improve their own lives and those of others.

EARTH & Starbucks Ethiopia

Donation: €25.000

The two schools that EARTH supports together with Starbucks are part of Splash’s WISE - WASH in Schools for Everyone - project. The goal of the WISE project is to provide every government school in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Kolkata (India) with better sanitation and infrastructure, but also to teach hygiene and provide information about menstruation in these schools. The goal is to reach 1 million children by the year 2023.

Splash China 2013 - now

Donation: €705.561,75

We have been working with Splash since 2010. This has now become a structural collaboration, with EARTH Concepts making a minimum annual donation of 50,000 dollars. The collaboration with Magazine Lohas - Charity Event - adds an average of 75,000 EUR to this amount each year.

Splash China 2012

Water for organisations with handicapped children.

Donation: € 25.000

This project supported 7 organisations who take care of handicapped children in China. 2100 children will now have access to clean drinking water, thanks to the new water purification systems and water drinking stations.

Mocca d'Or Foundation

Donation €87.500

The Mocca d'Or Foundation was founded when we started selling EARTH Coffee. The focus of the foundation is to support projects in areas where our coffee is produced.

Splash China 2011-2012

Donation: €50.000

Since 2010, we have been donating a large amount to Splash China every year. They provide clean drinking water at (orphan & disabled) schools.

Splash China 2010

Water project for migrant schools - China

Donation: € 23.165

The schools included in this project have had a lot of problems with the quality of their drinking water. This project in China constructed water purification systems and drinking water stations for 10 schools. This means that 8000 children will have safe and clean drinking water.

Olguluglui River Project in Kenia

Donation: € 113.166 

Arkefly, Eurosonic, Rock&Run2013 and EARTH Concepts have the goal to bring back te old state of the Kaijado river in Kenia. By climate change and the short rainy season, the area has become increasingly dryer, which brings harm to the animals and Masai villagers who live there. 

Malawi: Plumbers Training Sympany

Donation: € 6.000

EARTH concepts initially donated a sum of € 1.000 to Ms. Earth Netherlands, who is ambassador of Sympany. In cooperation with Euro Toques and Bagels & Beans we donated € 5.000 more to this project in Malawi. The money is used to support the plumber training by Sympany in Malawi. 

Sri Lanka Home of Hope

Donation: €38.100

Through the collaboration with De Parade and Denios, we have been able to make several donations to Home of Hope in Sri Lanka. Home of Hope is a home for orphans from war zones. They now offer a home to more than 100 children.

Drinking Water and Sanitation in Arnakot Nepal

Donation: €37.500

EARTH Water and ISS Catering have been working together since 2013. In addition to the EARTH Water donation, a fixed amount per bottle is donated annually on behalf of ISS to a drinking water project. This time, the contribution was used to support the Unica Foundation project.

Home of Hope Education for 100 Children

Donation: € 5.000

Home of Hope is an Orphanage in Sri Lanka that provides a home for over 100 kids. Most of the kids come from the post-war zone area Sri Lanka. Home of Hope wants to provide good schooling for its kids to enhance their chances of a succesful future. 

Refugee camp in Sudan & Ethiopia

Donation: €71.750

A water supply network has been installed in the Abuda refugee camp in Eastern Sudan, which 3,688 refugees can use. The donation from EARTH Concepts has also enabled them to purchase various facilities in the Shimelba refugee camp in Ethiopia.

Max Foundation Bangladesh

Donation: € 11.700

Stichting Max (a Dutch foundation) fights the child mortality rate by constructing small wells and sanitation projects in areas in Bangladesh that are hard to reach and quite poor. The combination of having access to clean water, constructing sanitation facilities and educating about hygiene is the most effective way to minimise the chances of children dying.

Walk the World

Donation: € 8.200

During the event Walk The World ten thousand people in 80 countries walked 5 kilometres. This distance is about the same as the distance a child in a developing country has to walk on the way to school. The main sponsors of this walk in the Netherlands are Unilever and TNT, loyal EARTH Water users.

Luís Figo Foundation

Donation: € 7.500

EARTH Concepts donated money to the Foundation of EARTH ambassador Luís Figo. This foundation with the famous Portugese football player Luís Figo as chairman supports many social projects all over the world.

Haiti

Donation: € 72.475

Together with our partners in North America, Tradedoubler Strandvolley and Vogue Taiwan, we were able to donate money to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

Refugees Georgia

Donation: € 32.500

Thanks to the collaboration with TAPPS beachvolleybal competition, we could donate money to support refugees in Georgia with non-food items like jerry cans, cooking sets and blankets.

Darfur Refugee Camp

Donation: € 25.000

Together with Avenance, we supported a project to help refugees in Darfur get access to clean drinking water.

After selling the first EARTH Water pack, Paul Wortelboer gave a cheque of € 25.000 worth to Sophie de Jonckheere of UNHCR.

Clean water for Home of Hope children

Donation: €5.000

The ‘Home of Hope’ is an orphanage in Sri Lanka. Our donation contributes to a safe environment for the 100 children from war zones.

Rainwater filtration in Ethiopia and Somalia refugee camp

Donation: €30.000

Thanks to the collaboration between TAPPS Beach Volleyball Tournament and EARTH Concepts, a donation has been made that will improve living conditions in Ethiopia and Somalia.

Brunapeg water and facilities

Donation: € 21.458

The province Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe has a very dry climate. The Primary School has one tap. The Secondary School only has a badly functioning pump on its property. The teachers also make use of this tap, which is owned by the Missionpost Hospital water system. The pressure in the waterpipe near this tap is often very low. The new watertank is to be placed near the Primary School. Both schools and both teams of teachers, together with the Father of the Church will benefit from the water supply system.

Water filters for families in Mozambique

Donation: € 8.000

This project will enable 800 families in communities of the Monapo District, Mozambique to obtain a Siphon Tulip (water) Filter, which will make it possible for them to drink and use safe water. The families in the project area face large problems with regard to water, sanitation and diseases. More than 80% of people experiencing severe problems with regard to basic diseases such as diarrhoea and even cholera, cough, malaria and more.

We Care Foundation

Donation: € 7.500

The We Care Foundation, an initiative of HotelloTOP, raises funds for organisations which help people who aren't familiar with feeling at home. They have been doing this since 2007.

Water pumps in Malawi

Donation: € 7.400

An on-going national water point mapping projects indicates that only 57% of the rural population in Malili, Malawi have access to safe, clean drinking water. As a result water-related diseases, including dysentery and typhoid are more common than should be. One Elephant Pump provides 250 people with 40 litres of clean water for each person every day. There'll be 12 of these pumps. 

Sanitation in Liberia

Donation: € 5.020

Liberia is currently recovering from 14 year long civil war that ended in 2003. It's time for rebuilding the communities and taking care of health and hygiene is a priority. The chances of getting sick will be reduced by implementing and using sanitation.

Drinking water school Ban Nalau

Donation: € 4.500

Together with HOAT and de Parade, rainwater harvesting systems have been installed at schools in Thailand. More than 1000 children will profit from this clean drinking water. After installing these systems and educating about the importance of using clean water, the number of children getting sick has been lower.

Clean drinking water & empowering women

Donation: € 11.740

This project in Ethiopia caps and protects 2 springs, construct 2 water distribution points, and train women in sanitation, primary health care, horticulture production & small scale business operations. 4800 people will benefit from this.

Refugee camp Somalia

Donation: € 13.500

The refugee camp in Somalia became a permanent place to live for many, due to a lack of living space outside the camp. This is now the Internally Displaced People camp. This project constructed toilets and water facilities to help 2500 people get access to clean drinking water. It also reduces the risk of getting sick.

Che Amigo foundation

Donation: € 500

Che Amigo is a Dutch foundation which collects money for educative projects in Argentinia. They support enterprises financially, give training to young entrepreneurs and bring people together.

Ceramic water filter production

Donation: € 20.596

This project aims to send representatives of the "Prespot" pottery centre (Cameroon) to a ceramic water filter production and implementation training in Cambodia, and set up equipment for Prespot and ADEID to start a pilot production and distribution of ceramic water filters.

Sanitair School Program

Donation: € 10.700

The project aims to provide the 3 primary schools in Njombe, Tanzania with proper toilet and handwashing facilities, training just over 1600 children ages 7-14 in personal hygiene.

The 'Lave Main' for Schools

Donation: € 1.365

New systems were installed in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso in collaboration with ASAP . These systems were made together with a local plumber and using second-hand materials. They developed a simple and easy-to-use system for children to wash their hands.