It's a scandal that millions of people in Africa still can't access clean drinking water. If you want to do your bit to rectify this, next time you go to the supermarket choose Thirsty Planet bottled water. For each multipack (eight bottles) sold, 50p will be donated to Pump Aid. They are a charity organisation working with local communities in Africa to create sustainable supplies of fresh, clean water. The goal of this particular campaign is to supply clean water to at least 10 million people by 2015. So far, since Thirsty Water was launched in March, they have raised £108,828 which equates to 435 pumps, serving 217,656 Africans. It's currently available to buy at Asda, Morrisons, Tesco, Co-op and Waitrose.
Related: Support world water day with One Water | Gravity water purifier from Natural Collection

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