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WaterAid reveals the surprising New Year traditions celebrated around the world

Stuart Mitchell

As the new year begins, WaterAid has released a fascinating new photo gallery revealing the New Year traditions celebrated by different communities around the world.  From water fights and bathing rituals to giving chickens as a gift and using cow dung to polish the floor, the unique images reveal how people celebrate in ten countries from Cambodia to the UK and Madagascar to Japan, in the hope of bringing good health, happiness and prosperity for the New Year. WaterAid created the seasonal photo series as part of its Access Denied…

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WaterAid invites churches to give the gift of water this Christmas

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid is inviting churches across the UK to join its Christmas Appeal, Access Denied, encouraging congregations to hold collections and raise awareness of the urgent need to improve access to clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene for the world’s poorest communities.  Every day, millions of people are denied access to these basic amenities, simply because of who they are, how much money they have, or where they live. Without these basics, whole communities are held back while others thrive.   This year, the international development charity’s campaign focuses on Madagascar, where nearly…

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WaterAid launches collection of unique Christmas e-gifts

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid has launched a collection of unique Christmas e-gifts that will help transform lives across the world with clean water and decent toilets.  The international charity’s gifts provide a meaningful and life-changing alternative to the average present. They include a £60 water tank that holds 500 litres of water, which could help improve the health of an entire community as well as supporting farming initiatives. Around 785 million people are denied access to clean water – that’s one in ten of the world’s population.   The collection of e-gifts also…

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Actor Tobias Menzies launches WaterAid campaign in new role as ambassador for the charity

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid have announced that actor Tobias Menzies (The Crown, Outlander, and Game of Thrones) has become an ambassador for the international charity.  The announcement comes ahead of the launch of the third season of The Crown, which will be available on Netflix from 17 November. Tobias will be seen as Prince Philip alongside Olivia Colman who plays Queen Elizabeth II. Tobias’s first official duty in his new role is to launch WaterAid’s winter campaign, Access Denied, which aims to raise £2 million to help get clean water and decent sanitation…

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Walsall student joins WaterAid in ground-breaking scheme

Stuart Mitchell

Zainab Alam, 19 from Walsall, has become one of the UK’s first students enrolled in a degree dedicated to social change. Zainab will split her time between studying at London’s Queen Mary University and working as an apprentice at international charity WaterAid.  It was the problems of local gang violence and drugs that inspired Zainab to seek a career in the charitable sector. Before enrolling she worked in her local British Heart Foundation shop and organised fundraisers in her local mosque for the UK Islamic Mission.  Zainab will be employed by…

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