Water for Kids is seeking a new UK-based trustee to join our Board. This is a meaningful opportunity to contribute to a small but impactful charity that transforms lives by providing access to clean water. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive Board that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage applications from … Read more
Boreholes can break down for a number of reasons and fixing or ‘rehabilitating’ them is a very cost effective way to provide cleanwater. We’ve just completed a successful project in Luampa in Western Province in Zambia rehabilitating 14 boreholes which provided clean water to more than 4300 people in 12 communities, one school with 1021 … Read more
Water for Kids have been fortunate to have had a long history of partnership with Killgerm. Since 2013, they have raised a phenomenal £63,000 for our work enabling many communities to access clean water for the first time. The funds have been raised each year at a raffle at the Pest Control News Dinner, where Killgerm … Read more
Protecting spring water sources is one of the most cost effective solutions used by Water for Kids in providing clean water, and in the last year 28 projects have been completed in Uganda, in addition to some larger projects. Uganda is a very green country and has many artesian springs where water bubbles up and … Read more
Thank you to everyone who supported our Big Give Christmas Challenge. We raised a fantastic £22,187 in total, made up of online donations and matched funds by our pledgers and our Big Give Champion Dormywood Trust, enabling a community of 1600 access clean water for the first time. Work is now beginning in Bubogu to … Read more
Following last year’s successful borehole rehabilitation project in Chalilo ward in Chitambo in central Zambia we are doing another project in a different ward in Chitambo, Nakatambo. This project will rehabilitate 15 boreholes in 15 communities including several schools, a clinic and a market. The project includes training local people to be pump menders and … Read more
Many thanks indeed to Cairngorm Activities for their generous donation of £450 and for their continued support of Water for Kids. The support from Cairngorm Activities will enable us to service 28 boreholes in Uganda regularly, ensuring that 15,400 people in 28 communities continue to have access to cleanwater.
WfK recently completed work to protect Namantooke spring source at Wamulongo village near Iganga. Water was being collected from a pool where animals and people waded in causing contamination. WfK funded the construction of a dam so that artesian water can be collected safely. The spring water now comes through a pipe in the dam … Read more
I’m Eilidh, one of the newest Trustees of Water for Kids. Growing up in suburban Glasgow, I aspired to become a doctor, which was fuelled by my early experiences of caring for my late father, who suffered from severe mental illness and later working as a community carer. These experiences deepened my understanding of the … Read more
“Over the course of my life’s endeavours, my personal ethos has broadly come to embody the realisation that some of the best gifts we can ever give or receive in life are to serve a purpose bigger than ourselves. At the very best, this can integrate some of life’s highest ideals, such as the promotion … Read more