Beverley is a former architect and international development specialist who has worked closely over the past 15 years with charities, social enterprises and NGOs on resilient buildings and providing access to safe water and sanitation for schools, housing and hospitals. Beverley has previous experience developing projects in both Zambia and Uganda, along with other countries … Read more
We are pleased to share our Annual Report for 2024/25 with you. It has been another very successful year for Water for Kids, a year of life-saving impact for communities gaining access to clean water for the very first time. In 2024/25 we helped more than 39,000 people in communities across Zambia and Uganda get … Read more
John is a Director of one of our long time Corporate supporters ‘Machin & Toplass’. He qualified as an EHO in 1992 and has experience of working in local government and in private practice. His more recent work has enabled him to travel to some parts of the globe to help make environmental health improvements. … Read more
We are sad to see Tom Jackson step down as a Trustee of Water for Kids after many years of commitment and dedication. He is a hard act to follow. He was instrumental in the success of over 100 spring protections and a few large holistic projects in Uganda, working alongside Barbara Lucas (Trustee) and … 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
Favour has a background in technology, having a PhD in Machine Learning from Oxford University and Computer Science degrees from Imperial College London & the University of Zambia. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer of a financial technology company. Favour was born and grew up in Zambia. He has seen first-hand the hardships people … Read more
We would like to welcome Parvez Bhatty as our newest Trustee. Parvez has valuable skills and experience in the business and charity sectors. He is “committed to giving disadvantaged children the best chance in life“. Parvez was born in Iganga, Uganda where he spent his early years before being forced to flee. He is keen … Read more
We welcome Richard Hall as the new Chair of Water for Kids; he took over from Peter Minhinnett on 3 November. We are very grateful to Peter for his hard work as Chair for the last five years. Richard became a trustee of WfK in 2016 after retiring from his role as Head of Environmental … Read more