PureDrops has been established in 2012 by seven young students of the Master in Strategy and International Management (SIM) at the University of St. Gallen. With the purpose of providing people who are most in need with access to clean drinking water. The project is part of one of the courses of the SIM master, the SIMagination Challenge, aiming at teaching students how to execute challenging projects based on social impact measures, team process and effectiveness, and sustainability considerations.