Author: CarlB
RIBI President visits Aquabox depot
8th July 2019
We were delighted to welcome Donna Wallbank, the new President of RIBI (Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland), along with her husband Steve to the Aquabox depot on Monday 8th July.
Update on recent shipments
14th June 2019
Further to our recent shipments to East Africa after the devastation caused by Cylcone Idai and to Yemen, we have a brief update on their progress.
20,000 Family Filters and counting…
28th May 2019
We have just reached a fantastic milestone! Our filter assemblers have produced the 20,000th Family Filter – a remarkable achievement. To put this into context, these filters will have had the potential to save well in excess of 120,000 lives, providing clean drinking water and preventing the spread of water-borne diseases.
Aquabox features on BBC East Midlands Today
27th April 2021
Aquabox got a significant boost to its public profile on Tuesday 6th April, when BBC East Midlands Today visited the charity’s new depot between Wirksworth and Cromford and gave us more than two minutes of prime time television coverage the same evening.
Watch Now! Aquabox launches its new video
8th April 2019
Aquabox is delighted to announce the launch of its latest video. The charity has been working with Alicia Reade of the Doncaster Rotary Satellite Club on its production and we hope you can find the time to take a look at this very moving film.
Aquabox helps those affected by Cyclone Idai
3rd April 2019
Since news of Cyclone Idai hit the headlines the Aquabox team has been working flat out to establish secure links with distribution agencies in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique. Following much hard work by our volunteer filter assembly teams and packers we have air-freighted (Wednesday 3rd April) the following aid consignments. These are scheduled to arrive at their destination by 8th/9th April.