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The News Pump     2009     September

Drinking to success with Thirsty Planet bottled water

posted Friday, 25 September 2009

For the past two and a half years, Thirsty Planet bottled water has been working in exclusive partnership with Pump Aid to help bring clean water to millions of people in rural Africa.
Launched on World Water Day in March 2007, Thirsty Planet has a simple but effective proposition – for every bottle sold, a guaranteed [...]

Water Team, AquAid

posted Friday, 25 September 2009

A little over 5 years ago Paul Searle, the Managing Director of Aquaid Franchising Ltd happened to meet a man called Ian Thorpe when both were in Cambridge going about their daily schedules.
 
As they conversed, it became apparent to Paul Searle that there was a synergy between them. They both passionately wanted to see the [...]

Over 5,000 Elephant Pumps built by Pump Aid

posted Friday, 25 September 2009

It has been ten years since Pump Aid built its first Elephant Pump in a remote village in Zimbabwe. Since then, we have built over 5,000 pumps in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Liberia.
 
These pumps have provided over 1.2 million people with access to clean water. The Elephant Pumps use an award winning design – an [...]

Autobar fund clean water for over 20,000 people in Africa

posted Friday, 25 September 2009

Pump Aid would like to send out a big THANK YOU to Autobar for their outstanding support.
 Autobar UK are part of a Europe wide company that provides organisations with tailor-made vending solutions specialising in hot and cold drinks vending machines. With customers throughout the UK Autobar stock Thirty Planet bottled water in their cold drinks [...]

Global Giving Malawi Project fully funded

posted Friday, 25 September 2009

Over £9,000 was raised for Pump Aid projects in Mzimba, northern Malawi.
Supporters donated via the website Global Giving, that lists grass root community projects, where donors can see the immediate effect of their donation with regular updates from the field. The Mzimba project was listed in April this year, with the aim of helping [...]

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