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Support Aquabox by shopping at Amazon Smile

26th May 2020

When you shop at Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.co.uk), Amazon will donate to Aquabox. Support us every time you shop!

COVID-19: Is it a ticking time bomb for refugee camps?

The UK, like many countries across the globe, is living through the COVID-19 pandemic. It has brought so much misery to so many. Here though we have certain things we can take for granted; things that have played a major role in our lives over the past weeks.

Lockdown no barrier for Bob!

23rd April 2020

Bob Jackson, a long-standing and much-valued Aquabox volunteer and team leader, recently completed a 4-mile sponsored walk whilst confined to home during the current COVID-19 lockdown.

Coronavirus Update – Aquabox Depot Closure

16th March 2020

Please note that in response to the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, and the latest UK Government advice, the Aquabox Trustees have taken the decision to suspend all activities at the depot with immediate effect.

Aquabox reaches Yemen for the third time in 2 years

13th March 2020

The terrible situation in Yemen is the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time. People there are trapped in a dreadful cycle of conflict, starvation and sickness. Access to safe drinking water is extremely limited or non-existent.

Aquabox responds to Taal Volcano in the Philippines

31st January 2020

On 12th and 13th January this year, Taal Volcano erupted on Luzon Island in the Philippines. Within a very short time after the eruptions, local villages were showered with a thick layer of ash, noxious sulphur dioxide fumes filled the air and 500 metre plumes of molten lava shot into the atmosphere.