ONE DROP and Cirque du Soleil Create Sustainable Safe Water

A commercial pilot based in Canada, Ryan Atkins has the opportunity to travel the world and enjoy the unique show that is Cirque du Soleil, an innovative, artistic circus that supports ONE DROP in its goals for safe water. Between his pilot assignments, Ryan Atkins joins audiences that marvel at the artistic circus performances and support ONE DROP.

As Cirque du Soleil travels the world and hires performers specializing in acrosport, artistic gymnastics, and circus arts, it reaches beyond the stage through ONE DROP, which seeks to give safe water to people around the world.

Safe water projects often do not have an integrated approach, creating a lack of maintenance training, broken pumps due to inadequate initial designs, and contaminated water points because of unhealthy hygiene practices and unsanitary facilities.

To resolve these issues, ONE DROP uses its ABC for Sustainability. These elements include teaching people about access (the infrastructure for safe, hygienic, sanitary water consumption), behavior (about making positive changes for the future), and capital (providing financial support that generates far-reaching, long-term improvements). ONE DROP monitors each of the water project it supports carefully, and has an independent study done two years after the completion of each to measure the impact on the local community.