Join the Pipe Foundation

Clean drinking water for everyone.

With every bottle and tap we sell, we fund drinking water and clean-up projects where they are needed most.

What we do

Reducing plastic waste, bringing clean water.

Join the Pipe works towards a world with less plastic waste and universal access to safe drinking water. By promoting tap water through reusable bottles and refill stations, we reduce single-use plastic at its source.

Through our Buy One Give One bottles and the support of partners such as hotels, retailers and events, we fund clean drinking water and clean-up projects in the communities most affected by plastic pollution and climate change.

Buy one, give one

Buy a bottle, give a bottle.

For every Join the Pipe bottle you buy from our website, we donate a bottle to a schoolchild in Africa. A bottle of their own means better hygiene and a sustainable way to carry water to school.

It also gives children an alternative to the disposable bottles and bags they often use now.

Buy a bottle

Taps

Buy a tap, give water.

When you buy a refill station for your hotel, city or company, we provide safe drinking water in places where people have little or no access to it. With a tap station at a school, or with our Blue Pump in a rural area.

Our taps close automatically after filling, so no water is wasted and the water bill for schools stays low.

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Clean-up

The City Clean-Up.

To solve plastic problems we have to start at the source: in big cities where the water supply is unreliable and waste collection falls short.

In Nairobi, for example, we clean up an area together with schoolchildren, teach them about the danger of plastic waste and hand out reusable bottles to drink from.

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Schools

The Water Kiosk.

A Water Kiosk at School is our award-winning project, developed with our Kenyan partner organisation ITF. A kiosk gives a community safe drinking water, teaches young people business skills and keeps more children in school, especially girls, who are often sent to fetch water from far away.

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Rural areas

The reliable Blue Pump.

Join the Pipe is the producer of BluePump, a hand pump built for Africa that reaches up to 100 metres deep. Low cost, low maintenance and made to last, so safe drinking water stays within reach.

Projects