Practical. Versatile. Tough. Keeps the water in.
Keeps the bugs and killer diseases out.
Designed and created by Oxfam, this award winning bucket with a fitted lid and a tap allows people to collect, carry, and store clean, safe drinking water. We hand out thousands in an emergency. Now you can have your own - use it to brew nettle fertilizer, water the garden or to home-brew wine – it's wonderfully versatile. 14L capacity. Made in the UK.
An estimated 1.1 billion people rely on unsafe drinking-water sources. Oxfam is renowned worldwide for its expertise in providing safe, clean water and sanitation fast in emergency situations. The theme for World Water Day 2010 is “Clean Water for a Healthy World” and is dedicated to the importance of water quality with an aim to raise it’s profile by encouraging governments, organisations, communities, and individuals around the world to actively engage in addressing water quality e.g. in pollution prevention, clean up and restoration.
Watch the Oxfam bucket saves lives video
Watch how one little Oxfam bucket provides clean transportable water in emergency situations.
Oxfam distributed hygiene items like the Oxfam bucket at Ecole Louverture, Cote Plage in Carrefour, Haiti after the earthquake.
"On walking around the camp, it was very apparent that these basic items were sincerely appreciated by those whose only protection from the elements was a thin cotton sheet or an old piece of tarpaulin salvaged from the ruins. This gentleman's smile was magnetic, and he was a real joy to meet."
Tess Williams, Oxfam Humanitarian Funding Coordinator and ECHO lead.
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Read more about Oxfam’s response to the Haitian earthquake
1.Big enough but not too heavy.
2.The plastic moulding pieces have been ground off the bottom because in many of the cultures where we work people carry buckets etc on their heads.
3.Sanitation - the bucket had to have a lid on it to keep the water in and the bugs and diseases out.
4.An insertable tap that allows you to draw water from the bucket without putting any dirty implements in it.
5.These buckets take up about a tenth of the size of the old jerry cans.
