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The latest news, stories and reports from The Safe Water Trust staff and partners around the world.

PepsiCo Donates $8million for Water in India

October 31, 2011 | By safewatertrust | No Comments

   Last Thursday The Economic/India Times reported on the announcement of the latest generous donation from PepsiCo : "PepsiCo Foundation is donating $8 million to support access to clean water in India, the food and beverage company announced on Thursday." "PepsiCo is providing the grant t...
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Aidex Exhibition Stand

October 20, 2011 | By safewatertrust | No Comments

Aquafilter and Aquabox share a stand at Aidex 2011 in Brussels. On the right is a display of the humanitarian aid items contained in an Aquabox for disaster situations. The two Aquafilters are set up in the middle, ready to show visitors how they work . The smaller Family Aquafilter, on the le...
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Aidex Report

October 18, 2011 | By safewatertrust | No Comments

Preparations for Aidex 2011 have taken quite a bit of organising so far; a lot of hard work and not just the exhibition stand and the demonstration planned for Thursday this week.  The picture on the left shows John about to board the train in London, with the demonstration kit in tow. Let's hop...
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Aquafilters at AIDEX 2011

September 30, 2011 | By admin | No Comments

The Safe Water Trust will be exhibiting Aquafilters alongside Aquabox next week at the Global Humanitarian Aid Event to be held 19th - 20th  October at: Brussels Expo, Hall 7 Place de Belgique 1 BE - 1020 Brussels Belgium Come and see us on Stand Number G42.  If you are interes...
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District Conference Exhibition – York

September 20, 2011 | By admin | No Comments

As in recent years, The Safe Water Trust exhibited Aquafilters at the District Conference of Rotary District 1030 which was held at The Royal York Hotel, York over the weekend of 16th – 18th September 2011. Aquafilter, with its origins in Rotary, has an established place in the hearts of the Ro...
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Newsletter 4

July 15, 2011 | By admin | No Comments

Recently we have been laying the foundations for future expansion and building and dispatching filters. Three volunteers are doing a fantastic job building 24 Aquafilter Communities every month in a free area of factory space. Since January, 62 Aquafilter Communities have been sent to Aquabox, wh...
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Newsletter 3

June 15, 2011 | By admin | No Comments

We now have nearly 70 Aquafilter Communities and 30 Aquafilter Families in the field producing safe water for over 5,000 people. For both the Aquafilter Community and Aquafilter Family we now have moulded parts. This makes the filters look more professional and quicker to assemble. At the end ...
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Aquafilters on Display at the Global Connections Conference

May 28, 2011 | By admin | No Comments

Aquafilters were once again on display as The Safe Water Trust exhibited at the Global Connections Conference held at the Marriott Hotel, Gosforth Park, Newcastle upon Tyne on Wednesday 25th May. There was considerable interest in the Aquafilters, particularly from medical students contemplat...
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November 2010 Newsletter

November 4, 2010 | By admin | No Comments

5 Aquafilter Community filters have been sent to help the hurricane victims in St Lucia. They were flown ut at no coast on a Virgin flight and will be distributed by the local Rotary Club Next week 6 more Aquafilter Communities will be sent to Pakistan through Feed the Children. This brings th...
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July 2010 News

July 30, 2010 | By admin | No Comments

We have just returned to the UK after a very successful time manning the  Aquabox Stand (Pos 530) at the International Aid and Development Forum, held on July 22-23rd. 2010 in Washington DC....
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