It is World Water Day today – Monday 22nd March! Supporting Just a Drop and their #stepstowater campaign, Tracy Corroll and Phillipa Atkinson-Clow at the WHA are wearing blue and each donating £5 to the WHA Just Giving Page.
We will also be tracking our steps this week and donating 1p per step to bring safe water to communities that don’t have basic access to clean, safe water – transforming lives. You can do the same!
The WHA, as part of our 5 for 5 Sustainability Pledge, support the charity Just a Drop and we are working towards our 6th borehole in Zambia.
It’s been a hard 12 months for all of us, however, unbelievably there are still 785 million people globally who do not have access to safe water.
“Steps to Water” is Just a Drop’s annual campaign which ties in with World Water Day on 22nd March.
WHA Members, their friends and families are getting involved and fund raising by Counting Steps, playing Virtual Bingo and running their own Just a Drop Day by wearing blue on World Water Day on 22nd March.
Members are being encouraged to share their support #stepstowater #Worldwaterday in helping to make the world a better place.
Leading up to International Women’s Day, WHA Members have been invited to join a Just a Drop webinar on Friday 5th March at 10:00 discussing the impact of water scarcity on women and girls across the world. They are the ones usually tasked with collecting water. They also suffer the most from lack of sanitation and the resulting indignities.
The panel will comprise Just a Drop Founder and Chair Fiona Jeffery OBE, Senior Programmes Manager Melissa Campbell, Wood Principal Hydrogeologist Nancy Stone and African Sand Dam Foundation’s Communications Officer, Kendi Kang’ori in a debate moderated by Anne Joselin of FCDO.
They will explore what we can do to make the world more equitable for women and girls, whilst giving an insight into some of Just a Drop’s sustainable work. Please register for free via this link.