We holistically approach the drinking water challenge through connecting water, soil and people. An profound awareness is manifested inside communities about these highly interrelated fields, building long term social and ecological capacity and creating a decentralized drinking water service (DDWS). Thus bringing safe high quality drinking water and its services close to the community, embedded as a social commodity. For each field we picked a set of solutions that supports the successful integration of this approach in Africa's communities. Established through value chain collaborations and mainted by means of an economically sustainable model.