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Developing Tailor-Made Project Management Databases

24.02.2026

DROPSTONE has developed skills in designing and constructing databases for the management of information related to water supply and sanitation projects, borehole drilling campaigns, hydrogeology, geochemestry, but also the management of specialized libraries or engineering projects. We are working together with a team of IT specialists, data analysts and computer scientists and are dedicating an important part of any software development to understand thoroughly the need of the different final users. We are offering tailor-made solutions, where each incremental step is tested in-depth and presented to the Client until the final product can be delivered successfully. Dropstone finalized in October

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Securing Water Supply for 170,000 People in Maiduguri

15.06.2026

Optimizing the Alhamduri Well Field under complex humanitarian conditions Project Overview Dropstone was mandated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2021 to assess the groundwater production potential of the Alhamduri Well Field (AWF) in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. The objective was to determine whether the existing groundwater infrastructure could sustainably increase water supply to approximately 160,000 residents, as well as 10,000 internally displaced people who had sought refuge in the city due to the regional conflict involving Boko Haram. With Maiduguri largely isolated from the rest of the country and facing significant security constraints, improving the productivity of

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Migrant Crisis – WASH Emergency Mission – Lesbos, Greece

18.03.2026

On the night of 8 September, 2020, a huge fire broke out in the Moria refugee camp, the largest migrant and asylum seeker camp in Europe. The Swiss Government offered their assistance to the Greek authorities immediately after the incident. The offer was accepted on 9 September, based on which humanitarian experts and material were deployed to the country. As an active member of the Water and Sanitation (WASH) expert group of Swiss Humanitarian Aid (SHA), Patrick Kilchenmann, Director of Dropstone, was called on 10 September and, together with two other experts, deployed for an assessment mission to the island

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Institutional Strategy Development – CSP-Vaud

24.02.2026

Dropstone has animated during two days in Leysin an intensive workshop for 60 staff and committee members. The CSP is an important Swiss organization working for the disatvantaged people of the Canton of Vaud. Dropstone provided the methodology to formulate the Vision, Missions, and Values. Critical points were discussed during SWOT sessions. As a team, we finally managed to identify strategic objectives for the next five years. Very interesting sessions with an extremely dedicated and motivated team. Consensus was reached on the way forward.

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Hydrogeological Review – Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer

15.06.2026

The Geneva Water Hub has requested early 2019 the expert advice of DROPSTONE to carry out an extensive review of the scientific knowledge related to the Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin, in order to prepare a round table with representing members of the four States sharing the same underground waters (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau). The review consisted in collecting and analysing all existing information related to the hydrogeology of the aquifer, in particular the spatial representation of the water reserves, the water balance (infiltration versus extraction rates), the different uses of the water ressources, the potential for conflict, the location of

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Evaluation – Independent Observer of the Peace Process – Mali

15.06.2026

The Carter Centre (TCC) mandated DROPSTONE as independent evaluator to assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and replicability of its role as Independent Observer (IO) of the Malian peace process from January 2018 to November 2019. The evaluation mission aimed at summing up the overall status of the project, measuring its effects and giving guidance for a more efficient implementation; it was also meant to evaluate the potential replicability of the project in other contexts, based on lessons learned and best practices. A team of senior consultants from DROPSTONE carried out the evaluation mission in Bamako during two weeks in November.

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