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!!

The WorldChangers Market is back on!
WorldChangers Market is a way that everyday shoppers can positively impact the world's poorest people! It is held this Friday 30th March from 530 - 9pm at Wollongong Church of Christ. So stop on by and remember to purchase at bottle of Water For Water while you are there.

 

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...

This month Water For Water was asked to sponsor an event with Element Skateboards to celebrate the release of Bjorn Johnston's first two pro model boards on Element. Water For Water was happy to take part. Check out the boards and some pictures from the night....

 

 

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.

From afar, it looks more like a pile of garbage - old plastics, rusting cans, rotting wood, spoiled goods. To enter the community, you have to wait for your turn so you can alternately cross the path with other people. For many, this is not what a community should be. But for the residents of Tonsuya, Caloocan City, this is their home.

Poverty can be clearly seen in their housing and environment conditions. Add to this their limited or no access to clean drinking water. The challenges just keep compounding.

Virginia who is 62 years old lives in this community with her two children and 82 year old mother. Her husband is a laborer and only goes home on weekends.

Virginia’s youngest son James has been hospitalised several times because of recurring diarrhea caused by drinking tap water. James’s doctor advised to make sure they are drinking safe clean water.

Virginia now gets water from Water For Water’s Caloocan City Water Station.

Here are some pictures from the community, our water station staff delivering water to the community and Virginia receiving clean water for her family!

Thank you to everyone who purchases Water For Water and for helping change the lives of Virginia and others in Tonsuya, Caloocan City. 

 

We get asked a lot "Why The Philippines?"
Watch our video to find out about the need for clean drinking water.