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WaterAid launches Zakat campaign to help transform lives with clean water

Stuart Mitchell

This Ramadan, WaterAid is inviting the Muslim community to support the charity’s Zakat appeal to help bring clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene to communities in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Mali.   One of the five pillars of Islam, Zakat is an obligatory form of charity, every adult Muslim whose savings exceed a set minimum is required to donate 2.5% of accumulated savings to good causes that fall into specific categories. The international charity has collaborated with Islamic faith experts to develop a new Zakat policy and run projects that meet the principles of Zakat. For the first time, supporters can choose which country to support, with 100% of donations going directly to vulnerable communities. With clean water, children can stay…

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A third of Brits say Covid-19 has increased the value they place on water and 3 in 5 say we should be more water savvy, finds WaterAid

Stuart Mitchell

Nearly a third of Brits (31%) say the focus on hygiene during the pandemic has increased the value they place on water, with 3 in 4 (73%) now saying they appreciate having clean water at home, finds WaterAid. Just under half (49%) take steps to reduce the amount of water they use, whilst almost 3 in 5 (58%) think everyone should try to use less water.  Meanwhile almost 1 in 5 (19%) Brits admit to leaving the tap running whilst brushing their teeth, which could collectively waste up to 246 million litres of water every single day – that’s enough to fill 98 Olympic-sized swimming pools.   International charity WaterAid commissioned…

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WaterAid creates giant sand portrait on Whitby Beach to show how climate change threatens water access for world’s poorest

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid created a striking portrait in the sand on Whitby Beach this week showing a child carrying water on dry, cracked ground next to the rising tide, to highlight the impact climate change is having on people’s access to water. Extreme weather such as droughts dry up water sources like springs and wells, while rising sea levels and flooding contaminate poorly protected water supplies, with potentially devastating consequences. It is making life harder for the 785 million people already living without clean water close to home and struggling to meet…

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Brits are walking more in lockdown, finds WaterAid, as they launch ‘Walk for Water’ with support of walking-enthusiast celebrities

Stuart Mitchell

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Simon Reeve and Amanda Mealing have shared their favourite walks and walking tips in support of WaterAid’s Walk for Water campaign, as the charity reveals that a third of Brits are walking more in lockdown, with many of us planning to keep up our daily walks permanently. Through its new fundraising initiative, the international charity is encouraging people to increase the distance they walk each day in solidarity with millions of women and children who walk every day to get the water they need to survive. WaterAid’s survey…

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Wareham woman’s kindness transforms wool into water…in the shape of tea cosies sold for WaterAid!

Stuart Mitchell

Long-term supporter of the charity WaterAid, Mary Hatcher, has been busy during the lockdowns, knitting adorable animal-shaped tea-cosies and baking fruit crumbles to raise a smile with her friends and neighbours, and in the process raising £200 for the millions of people around the world who don’t have clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. Mary, aged 70, a former librarian from Dorset, has gone above and beyond the call of duty, by raising money through her kind gestures, making tea cosies in the shape of mice with her friends,…

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