Last week our Malawi Programmes team came to visit our head office in London, to update us about the exciting work they have been carrying out in the field. We will be sharing some of their stories on our blog over the few weeks and we wanted to start with how they spent World Water [...]
Read morePump Aid has places available on the doitforcharity.com 5k or 10k Superhero Run in Regent’s Park on Sunday 19th May 2013! Over 3,000 people are expected to take part, raising funds for hundreds of different charities and now this is your chance to join them! No previous experience is required for the London event and with [...]
Read moreLast year was an incredible year for Pump Aid, providing over 45,000 people in Sub- Saharan Africa with access to clean, safe water. We are now back in full swing after the Christmas break and we have set ourselves high targets for 2013, aiming to install 300 more Elephant Pump projects in rural Malawi. With [...]
Read morePump Aid are excited to announce that for one week only RE:Cause are selling T shirts with a design inspired by Pump Aid and 30% of the sales price goes straight to Pump Aid as a donation. RE:Cause have chosen Pump Aid as their first charity in a campaign to generate awareness and positive change [...]
Read moreOn the 21st of October 2012 Support Inc completed a duathlon in Richmond Park, but one with a difference. Rather than completing the event on their own, as many fundraisers do, they invited their supporters, friends and family to come along and complete the challenge with them. They hoped that in getting more people directly [...]
Read moreOn the 2nd of June 2012 Pump Aid supporter Chris Kewley took on La Sufrida. La Sufrida is a 120 mile cycling course through the mountainous terrain around the town of Ronda in the South of Spain. This tough challenge involves 4000 meters of climbing and is renowned for its difficulty; the name literally means [...]
Read morePump Aid is happy to announce that it has received a grant of £25,000 from Tesco Charity Trust for its pump building programme in Malawi. Half of the grant will be allocated to Pump Aid’s 2012 Malawi Schools Project, delivering access to clean water and safe sanitation to 21 schools in Malawi. In total the [...]
Read moreWith the summer behind us, Pump Aid’s Summer Campaign has come to an end. Our aim was to make people more aware of the water crisis in Africa and the positive impacts that our water and sanitation projects in sub-Saharan Africa have and to get people involved in fundraising and other activities like our T-Shirt Challenge. The [...]
Read moreVia her employer Aspect Capital, Jo Swainson found out about Pump Aid and its work giving communities in sub-Saharan Africa access to clean water and safe sanitation. Being already a long distance runner for many years, Jo found Pump Aid the right charity to support for a new endurance challenge. Jo decided on long-distance open [...]
Read moreOver the weekend of the 14th-15th July, despite the rain, Pump Aid supporter Paul O’Shaughnessy volunteered at the Rhythms of the World Festival in Hertfordshire. The festival is organised and run by volunteers. Paul has been every year since moving to the area and this year he decided to get more involved. Paul was delighted [...]
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