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
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
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.
Hari Shukla raised £2,500 for Water for Kids to celebrate his 90th birthday. Thank you so much Hari! This is enough to help bring safe water to two communities in Uganda. Hari says “Water for Kids is a charity close to my heart, providing clean water to communities in Uganda, which is where I was born and spent many … Read more
We would like to say a big thank you to a new supporter: The Iganga Reunion and Jubilee Celebration Group for their donation of £1,628. It was handed to trustee Barbara Lucas at the Rebuilding Lives Exhibition at New Walk Museum in Leicester. This will fund the protection of a spring water source in the … Read more
Introducing our new Trustee Elaine Rudman. Elaine has spent her working life in local government and currently manages a regulatory services department in NE England. In 2018, Elaine assisted a Water for Kids project in Kenya, funded by colleagues at her Department. Seeing first hand the challenges faced by such communities and the life changing impact of direct … Read more
A huge thank you to The Randal Charitable Foundation for donating £19,300 to fund the The Nakavumbi Community Holistic Safe Water Project. Nakavumbi is located in rural Iganga District, Uganda. It has a population of 1007 people and a school of 500 pupils. This community is vulnerable to diseases; without access to safe water and sanitation villagers are … Read more
Earlier this year, Harmony committed to provide two safe water systems wiith Water For Kids in Uganda 2021 and work has now been completed at the first spring in the Wainha Community. Feedback from some of the parents shows that due to the reduction in gastro illness, they have seen a reduction in the costs … Read more
Jean-Louis Button has completed his mammoth ride of the British Isles coastline – just some 10,000kms around some very testing terrain! Jean-Louis has also exceeded his target fundraising total – and it is still coming in raising £3000 for his chosen 3 charities of which we are lucky enough to be one. Just amazing! Thank … Read more
This was our first year of applying to the Big Give Christmas Campaign which has proved to be have been a BIG success for us. We really have been so touched by the huge response in donations made to our Iganga Holistic Project, in such a difficult year for all.