Since December 2011, Pump Aid has received over £11,000 in generous donations from our Christmas and Valentine campaigns. Our online Valentine’s campaign also received a lot of support, including mentions on the Facebook and Twitter pages of Pump Aid’s ambassadors, including Grammy winning singer/songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae! A big thank you to all those who donated! [...]
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This March the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF announced the Millennium Development Goal on the proportion of people who have access to safe drinking water has been reached. Although this is fantastic news, 780 million people are still without access to an improved drinking source. Pump Aid’s Director of Fundraising discussed the reality of [...]
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Last year Elinat Jonathan, 28, used to collect all the water needed for herself, her husband, her four sons, her daughter and two of her sister’s children, every day, from an open well using just a rope and bucket. Elinat told Pump Aid that not only was this hard work but there was also a [...]
Read moreThrough Pump Aid’s partnership with online development aid project organisation Akvo, Pump Aid recently received funding for its ‘Water pumps in Malawi’ project from Archeon, a Dutch history theme park. Akvo works to faciliate the relationship between a project funder and the project organisation. Through various platforms Akvo allows the project organisation to feedback information from the field straight [...]
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