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HRH The Prince of Wales extends his Presidency of WaterAid

Stuart Mitchell

HRH The Prince of Wales, who has been President of international charity WaterAid since 1991, has agreed to extend his Presidency.  During his tenure as President, he has helped raise awareness of the 785 million people in the world – one in ten – who do not have clean water close to home and around 310,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases caused by poor water and sanitation. That’s almost 800 children a day, or one child every two minutes. His Royal Highness has played a vital…

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WaterAid Joins USAID & Gap Inc. Women + Water Alliance to improve well-being of women in India’s apparel industry

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid has joined the USAID and Gap Inc. Women + Water Global Development Alliance (W+W Alliance) as an implementing partner. Launched in 2017, the five-year program aims to improve and sustain the health and well-being of women and communities in India touched by the apparel industry. WaterAid will complement the work of existing partners including CARE, Water.org, and the Institute for Sustainable Communities and will focus on ensuring continuous access to clean drinking water. “We’re pleased to welcome WaterAid to the W+W Alliance to lend its proven expertise engaging and…

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WaterAid and Twinings join forces for healthier, happier tea plantation communities

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid and tea company Twinings have joined forces to transform the lives of 4,000 people in Darjeeling through access to clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. The new partnership will provide these basic needs to communities and schools in all 30 villages across two tea estates in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal, India, over the next two years. Funded by the £220,000 donation from Twinings, WaterAid will ensure all 30 villages have a well-maintained piped water supply system that protects the springs from contamination and provides clean, easily…

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Hotwire Partners With WaterAid to Support Life-Changing Work

Stuart Mitchell

Hotwire, the global communications agency, has announced it is partnering with international development organization, WaterAid, to support the organization’s goal to make clean water, reliable toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. The global partnership will see Hotwire help increase awareness of the charity and the issues faced by those who live without access to clean water, toilets and good hygiene and as a result, drive donations, volunteering and advocacy. Hotwire will be working with WaterAid to develop and execute an ongoing creative campaign throughout the…

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Striking fountain of tennis balls in Greenwich Park highlights how clean water could save thousands of lives a day

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid and the Wimbledon Foundation have created a spectacular fountain of 2,631 tennis balls in Greenwich Park to mark the average number of lives that could be saved each day if everyone everywhere had clean water and decent toilets.  Created two weeks before the start of Wimbledon 2019, the remarkable tennis ball installation that overlooks the London skyline was a poignant reminder of the huge numbers of people around the world who could be enjoying a healthy future if only they had clean water close to home.  Across the world,…

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