Pregnant mothers join WaterAid to shine a light on global maternal health crisis with evocative stunt

WaterAid created an evocative light installation outside one of Britain’s first maternity hospitals featuring the silhouettes of pregnant women to show how every two seconds, a woman gives birth in a health centre without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. The striking projection of water droplets behind three expectant mothers, highlighted a shocking reality. Every year 16.6 million women give birth in hospitals and clinics without adequate water, toilets and soap, putting them and their unborn babies at risk of deadly infection. WaterAid’s installation was part of the charity’s…

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Ellie Simmonds launches WaterAid’s Water Means Life appeal to bring water and toilets to healthcare facilities  

British Paralympic swimmer and Strictly Come Dancing star Ellie Simmonds OBE has launched WaterAid’s new appeal, Water Means Life, aiming to bring life-changing access to clean water, decent toilets and hygiene facilities to healthcare centres in Mozambique and around the world. Through its appeal, WaterAid will help tackle the global hygiene crisis in healthcare centres across the world. Currently one in four healthcare centres have no clean water on site and almost half of health care centres have no basic handwashing facilities, putting staff and patients at a greater risk…

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