Latest news

Another lockdown shipment leaves the Aquabox depot

19th November 2020

After many weeks of negotiation and obtaining assurance of secure distribution, a shipment of 144 family water filters and 4 community filters left the Aquabox depot on Thursday 19th November, bound for Beirut. The shipment is due to arrive within the week.

Give someone clean drinking water for Christmas

7th December 2020

Still looking for that gift for the person who has everything? Don’t forget there is still time to give the gift of safe drinking water on their behalf by donating £25 to our JustGiving Christmas Campaign.

Aquabox Ad in next Sunday’s Observer

2nd November 2020 We are delighted to have been approached by The Observer newspaper to place an advertisement for our charity in their ‘Christmas Checklist’, which will appear in the November 8th edition of the paper. 

Aquabox moves to new building

8th September 2020

Aquabox has completed the first stage of its planned move – all of 100 yards across the industrial estate where the depot is located at the top of Cromford Hill in Wirksworth, Derbyshire.

Feedback from HiHFAD in Syria

27th August 2020

Sometimes the feedback takes a little while to come through, but when it does… On 18th February 2020, 160 Aquaboxes left our depot bound for Hand in Hand for Aid and Development (HiHFAD) in Birmingham, and then onwards to refugee camps in Syria.

Nepal Landslips: Our aid will get through

26th August 2020

Here in the UK, we rarely experience such physical events as earthquake, mud-slides and landslips. In Nepal, these occurrences present a regular threat to life and communities. One such event happened on 14th August this year in the Sindhupalchowk district.