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Actor and comedian Brian Blessed is fronting a new campaign launching this month by international charity WaterAid to show that reaching everyone everywhere with clean water is no pipe dream.

Stuart Mitchell

In a new advert, which challenges the traditional charity advert, boisterous Brian addresses the frustrations that we are still seeing images of extreme poverty in 2019 and provides reassurance that the world is making great progress in tackling the water and sanitation crisis. While a staggering one in nine people still lack access to one of life’s most basic resource, Brian shows that change is possible by highlighting the fact that an astonishing 1.4 billion people have got clean water since 2000. That’s 21 times the number of people who…

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WaterAid announces new Global Director of Policy and Campaigns

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid is pleased to announce the appointment of Sol Oyuela as Global Director of Policy and Campaigns. Ms Oyuela will join WaterAid on 1 April. Ms Oyuela joins from Unicef UK where she has been Director of Advocacy and Public Affairs for the last five years. She has also held senior roles at Christian Aid, CAFOD and Progressio, focused on advocacy, climate change policy and water resource management. Earlier in her career, she was a policy advisor to the Embassy of Argentina to the Vatican.  At WaterAid she will lead the global policy, advocacy and campaigns team, with a base in London.  Ms Oyuela said:   “I’m excited to join…

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Banishment during menstruation a senseless practice that must end: WaterAid

Stuart Mitchell

News of the death of a woman and her two sons in rural Nepal after she was banished to a small shed during menstruation must serve to strengthen efforts to banish the practice, WaterAid said today. Media have reported that a 35-year-old mother and her nine- and seven-year-old sons were most likely suffocated by smoke after a blanket they were using for warmth in the frigid cold caught fire in Nepal’s remote western Bajura district.  The practice of chhaupadi, or banishment during menstruation, was outlawed by Nepal’s Supreme Court in…

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WaterAid’s JUST WATER detox challenge gives communities around the world the gift of clean water

Stuart Mitchell

To kickstart the New Year, WaterAid has launched Just Water, the toughest abstinence charity challenge where participants get sponsored for drinking nothing but water for a month.  The fundraising opportunity is aimed at those wanting to detox and reset their systems after their festive indulgences whilst also giving the gift of clean water to people around the world. By binning the booze, canning the caffeine and dodging the juice in this extreme test of willpower, people can help transform lives and make a difference. Joanna Gill, 30, a composer from…

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Victoria Villasana’s uplifting images bring to life the power of ‘The Water Effect’

Stuart Mitchell

Talented Mexican artist Victoria Villasana has teamed up with WaterAid to create a stunning collection of unique multimedia images from around the world. The beautiful ‘Water Effect’ gallery shines a spotlight on the global water crisis and highlights the transformative power of water through stories of hope and opportunity.  Originally from Guadalajara in Mexico, Victoria Villasana uses her unconventional textile art to reimagine stills photography. Through her intriguing use of colourful embroidery directly on to the photographs and uncut yarn falling out of the frame, she has created a dynamic…

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