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WaterAid film wins Best Charity Film in the Health and Wellbeing category at the Big Syn Film Festival

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid’s film ‘Before the Dawn’ was declared the Best Charity Film (Health and Wellbeing)  category at the 2024 Big Syn International Film Festival Award this month in a gala awards ceremony at Curzon Soho in London.  The Big Syn International Film Festival is the world’s biggest sustainability film festival, reaching over 50 million people in 120 countries, inspiring them to act on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and make positive changes for the environment, society and economy.  ‘Before the Dawn’, co-directed and produced by WaterAid’s David Jobanputra,…

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It takes a village to create a film: WaterAid’s pioneering approach puts communities in control

Stuart Mitchell

A rural community in Malawi has been central to the development of WaterAid’s new campaign film launched last month, which was made in line with the charity’s pioneering approach to foster a collaborative approach to storytelling.  WaterAid worked with Kenyan production company Ginger Ink, and together they established a rapport with the community over several months, hearing people’s stories off-camera then co-developing the script and the storyboard, ensuring the accuracy of the content while upholding the dignity of those involved.  The film for the ‘Where there’s water’ appeal highlights the ripple…

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Nadiya Hussain launches WaterAid appeal to help get clean water to families around the world

Stuart Mitchell

TV chef and WaterAid ambassador Nadiya Hussain MBE last month launched the international charity’s ‘Where there’s water’ winter appeal, helping raise vital funds to turn on the taps in communities in Malawi and around the world and build a brighter future. The mother of three, who has supported WaterAid since 2016, saw first-hand the impact a lack of clean water can have on families during her childhood trips to visit her grandparents in Bangladesh. She’s said remembering the trips leaves her ‘in disbelief but better equipped’ to teach her children…

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Harry Potter star Bonnie Wright says becoming a mum “the most wonderful adventure so far” in new film for WaterAid

Stuart Mitchell

Actor, activist and author Bonnie Wright has spoken about her ‘positive birth experience’ in a new film released today as part of WaterAid’s ’12 ways of water’ series, highlighting the positive ways clean water changes lives. One in five health centres globally do not have clean water on site putting millions of women and babies at risk of deadly diseases. In a video posted on her Instagram in collaboration with international charity WaterAid, the Harry Potter star says “where there’s water, there’s healthy babies”, before reminiscing about the biggest adventures…

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WaterAid demands immediate halt to illegal mining as water supply drops 75% due to pollution

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid is calling for “immediate action to end the ecocide caused by illegal mining” following reports that the Ghana Water Company has been forced to reduce its clean water supply by 75%, impacting hundreds of thousands of residents across the southern coast of the country.  The Ghana Water Limited  reports that it cannot handle the current volume of pollution, which is now seven times higher than usual, due to illegal gold mining on major water bodies in Eastern, Ashanti, Central and Western Region. The River Pra – one of the largest rivers…

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