This soap saves lives.

Handwashing with soap is a global problem with a known solution.
The solution starts with you.



Equivalent Impact

What Most People Don't Know

Most people don't know the impact that investments in WASH can make on an individual, community, and regional level. That's because most people don't know that 1.7 million children under 5 die every year from diseases that could be prevented through the simple act of handwashing with soap. Your purchase of Soapply helps solve this key issue by funding water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions around the globe that help facilitate lasting health, education, and equity in a cost-effective way.

The Long-term Impacts of Handwashing with Soap

Every Soapply purchase helps fund solutions that make handwashing with soap possible,
which has lasting effects in four key areas around the globe.

Health & Nutrition

Handwashing with soap improves health & saves lives.


Handwashing with soap boosts school attendance and is a critical part of maintaining healthy schools.


Handwashing with soap is one of the most cost-effective investments in public health.


Access to proper handwashing facilities still varies across the globe, which contributes to inequity.

We're focusing on Ethiopia first.

Initially, we are focusing our efforts in Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia. The rural communities in this area are amongst those with the most to gain. According to the World Bank, the lack of handwashing with soap is the biggest problem in "least developed countries" and "developing regions." Rural sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia are most affected. Every area is unique, with specific challenges, opportunities, and stakeholders to consider, which is why our plans focus on one area at a time.

We pride ourselves on taking an integrated approach within each area to actively engage in the governance, identify voids, and establish what the best course of action is to tackle the specific challenges and priorities within a given community. We believe that empowerment should come in the form of an opportunity, not a single handout. We believe in investing in the well-being of the people living in rural Tigray and know they are willing, capable, and deserve a chance to write their own story.

The challenges.

Current challenges to overcome and address the lack of proper handwashing with soap include a lack of soap, water, and handwashing stations as well as bad habits and a lack of proper handwashing education.

Washing hands with soap and water could reduce diarrheal disease-associated deaths by 50% and the risk of respiratory infections by 16%. We won't stop until everyone has access to soap and is equipped with the proper handwashing education, because handwashing with soap doesn't just save lives, it means better public health, nutrition, education and equity!