Aquabox is delighted to announce we have partnered with the Dolma Foundation to supply aid to the regions of Rasuwa and the Langtang National Park in Nepal.
Both Aquabox and the Dolma Foundation receive support from the Worshipful Company of Plumbers and at a ceremony at Painters Hall, the new offices of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers in London on 9th October 2025, Charles Brooks, WCOP Master, Tim Gocher, Chairman of Dolma Fund Management and Roger Cassidy, Chair of Trustees at Aquabox signed the agreement that will see even more lives saved across Nepal.
Tim Gocher OBE DL, Chairman of Dolma Foundation (left), Charles Brookes, Master of the Worshipful Company of Plumber (centre) and Roger Cassidy, Chair of Trustees Aquabox at the signing on 9th October 2025.
The Plumbers Charity exists to create better plumbing, better health and better lives, so we are thrilled that we have joined two of the Charites that we support, Aquabox and the Dolma Foundation.
The Dolma Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded in 2003 to alleviate poverty by investing in education, health and sustainable businesses in Nepal. Since the devastating earthquakes of 25th April and 12th May 2015, we have been delivering emergency aid to the remote communities we know so well, and helping to rebuild the villages and lives of survivors.
The Rasuwa and Langtang areas in Nepal suffer frequent floods and landslides as a result of monsoon rains, and Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) such as the recent Rasuwaghadi disaster and of course are prone to regular earthquakes.
For many years Aquabox has worked closely with the Nepalese Armed Police, Gurkhas, Gurkha Welfare Trust and the local Rotary club in Kathmandu where we have strategic stock in country ready for immediate despatch. The agreement with the Dolma Foundation means we can now cover the region to the north of Kathmandu just as rapidly.
Dolma will also be identifying schools or community centres in villages that do not have access to clean drinking water in the area where an Aquabox Community filter can be utilised to provide clean water for up to 400 people.
The first shipment of Aquabox water filters and Aqua-aid boxes, under this agreement, will leave our depot in Derbyshire for Nepal later this year.