Category: Press Releases
Two Rotary charities bring humanitarian aid to Kerala, India
Press Release – 24th November 2018 Extensive floods caused by abnormal monsoon rains devastated hundreds of communities in Kerala, south west India, earlier this year. More than 500 people lost their lives, 3.4 million were displaced to 12,300 relief camps and some 23 million were affected. As the extent of the disaster grew the Indian […]
Two months in the life of Aquabox…
Press Release – 29th October 2018 Cast your minds back to late August this year. Can you recall the headlines which hit our national press? They recounted disturbing stories of hundreds of thousands of citizens in Kerala, southern India, literally being washed out of their homes as a result of devastating floods? As this was […]
Aquabox helps those affected by Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines
Press Release – 28th September 2018 Working with our partner Humanity First, a consignment of 250 Aquaboxes left our depot on Friday 28th September bound for the Philippines to help those affected by the severe flooding and landslides caused by the recent Typhoon Mangkhut. The category 5 typhoon hit the northern end of the Philippine […]
Aquabox responds to flooding in South Asia
Press Release – 29th August 2017 The Derbyshire-based charity Aquabox has been heavily involved with relief efforts following widespread floods in south Asia, which have killed more than 1,200 people and affected millions. The severe flooding from monsoon rains has devastated communities and destroyed crops across India, Nepal and Bangladesh, raising fears of food shortages […]
Aquabox provides clean drinking water and aid to Haiti in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew
Press Release – 1st November 2016 Just days after Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti, the humanitarian aid charity Aquabox, based in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, had swung into action. Working with two other UK-based Rotary charities, Aquabox airfreighted water filters capable of removing cholera and the vast majority of other water borne bacteria and viruses from 30 million […]
Derbyshire charity Aquabox recognised with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service for 2016
Press Release – 2nd June 2016 A voluntary group from Wirksworth, Derbyshire, which provides safe drinking water and humanitarian aid worldwide to those in need has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service – the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. More than 70 volunteers from the local community […]