Thank you to everyone who entered the Water For Water facebook promotion to win a $100 Gloria Jean's Coffees gift voucher!

We announced our winners last week on facebook but here are the winning entries:

Belinda - Music! It motivates me, inspires me, uplifts me and makes me happy. Could never live without it. 

Kylie - I can't live without chocolate and my bouncing baby boy - both are sweet and addictive, and fill my heart with joy :)

Lami - I cannot live without love. It inspires, it challenges, it motivates. Love is why I wake each day.

Indra - Facebook. Without it  I would not have been introduced to Water for Water initiative and I would've missed out in saving the world!

Kirsten - My family. Their irreplaceable and essential, just like water.

Thank you again to all who entered and congratulations to the winners!!

Today is World Water Day and we wanted to introduce you to Josephine.

Josephine Romero is 45 years old and has lived in Caloocan City, Philippines her whole life.

Including Josephine 9 people live in her house: 3 young kids and 5 adults, which is a typical Filipino household.

Every week her whole family consumes 3-4 containers of water, which is approximately 70 litres of water that they receive from the Caloocan City Water For Water station. An average Australian will use this amount on just a single shower!

Josephine's husband recently died due to sickness and she now more than ever understands the importance of good health for her family. We spoke to Josephine about what having clean water means to her.

"As a Grandma I believe that clean drinking water is vital to my grandchildren's growth and health. Clean water decreases chances of being sick and hospitalised. I do all I can to preserve my family's health”

Josephine's family like many others in the Philippines use clean water for drinking, cooking and cleaning vegetables. Without access to clean water Filipinos make do with boiling water or alternatively drink un-clean-water from taps. Water is life, and Josephine's family now has the opportunity to have a healthy life.

Buy purchasing a bottle of Water For Water from any Gloria Jean's Coffee house throughout Australia you are helping people like Josephine and her family get access to clean safe drinking water.

 

Do you like our new postcard available at Gloria Jean's Coffee houses across Australia?

Make sure you stop by and pick up one and a bottle of Water For Water and help us build and change lives.

Here is a sneak peek of the front of the postcard...

Through our distribution partners, Gloria Jean’s Coffees foundation, 'With Heart', Water For Water bottles were given to the team of talented athletes during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record of the “Treadmill, Fastest Time to Run 100 km.

The team needed to break the current record of 5 hrs, 42 mins and 32 secs with the treadmill traveling at above 18.75km/h for the duration to break the record!

The Team of 12 consisted of a mix of professional athletes to Lifeguards and novice runners. The 12 runners were: Craig Alexander, Steve Moneghetti, Michael Prince, John Mergler, Andrew Reid, Adriel Young, Stephen Madden, Clint Kimmins, Dave Matthews, Lisa Corrigan, Trent Woods and Alister Ross.

The goal was to break the record to raise money and awareness for the Kids Foundation.

Every year more children die as a result of injury than from all diseases combined. The Kids Foundation works to both educate about injury prevention as well as to support seriously injured children through a recovery program and supports hundreds of families Australia wide who have endured trauma, horrific burns and other life changing injuries.

The team smashed the record by 18 mins! The average treadmill speed for the last hour alone was 20.5km/hr.

Well done to the team and thank you to 'With Heart, a Gloria Jean’s Coffees foundation', Shift60 & The Kids Foundation for the opportunity to be apart of such a fantastic cause and event.

UN International World Water Day was held on 22nd March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater.

This year Gloria Jean's Coffees in partnership with Water For Water distributed free water and information in inner city Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth to raise awareness that almost one billion people lack access to clean drinking water throughout our world.

Thank you to Nicoletta at UN Water and the team at Gloria Jean’s Coffees for helping us celebrate World Water Day 2011.

Along with our distribution partners, Gloria Jean’s Coffees, Water For Water donated 1000 cartons (24,000 bottles) of water to the people affected by the January 2011 QLD and VIC floods. Bottles were distributed through Gloria Jean’s Coffee houses to flood affected families as well as people volunteering in the clean up process. Water For Water is excited to help communities within Australia as well meet overseas need.

Gloria Jean's Coffee has been kind enough to print some Water For Water frequent sipper cards!
They are out now so get in to your nearest store,  grab a coffee, a bottle of Water For Water and make sure you get your Water For Water frequent sipper card stamped today!
Here are some pic's of the card for you to check out...

While we were in the Philippines meeting with our NGO partners Justin Horo, Ben Smith and Jarryd Hayne from the Parramatta Eels were making a special guest appearance at Westfield Parramatta courtesy of Gloria Jean’s Coffees. Autographs were signed, photos were taken and bottles of Water For Water were enjoyed by the boys! Go the Eels!
(Photos by Ellen Antico)