SING FOR WATER now has its own web
site at www.singforwater.org
SING FOR WATER was
founded by Helen Chadwick with the Thames Festival to raise money
for Water Projects through singing. So far the project has raised
£308,00 for WaterAid projects in Africa and India. I have
visited the project ion Ghana and it was so sinpirational and so
effective. ALL the moeny raised goes to the projects.
On September 14th at
2pm the seventh mass SING FOR WATER concert took place as
part of the Thames Festival with around 800 singers who raised £1864.90
from the collection and much more from spnosorship.
Choirs and festivals around the UK and in France have also
organsied their own local SING FOR WATER events. These play a vital
role in raising funds to help those so depsarately in need to clean
safe water.. Voice Camp,. Bristoil, VBangor, Germany and Sing and
Swim for Water in Cambridge have alll raise dsignificnat amoutns
this year which has been tremendous.
SING FOR WATER Was
recently awarded a President's Award by WaterAid for outstanding
voluntary contriubution.
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SING FOR
WATER events around the UK
Please keep me posted
about Sing for Water events via the
www.singforwater.org
Seeing clean water
change lives
In October 2005 Helen Chadwick and Pauline
Down visited the Ghanaian WaterAid project SING FOR WATER supports.
We visited a village with a new bore hole ( above) and the village
of Najore where most people had suffered from Guinea Worm and where
there was no safe water to drink.
Since our visit a new bore hole has been built in Najore, see below.
Many more villages and thousands more people in the area
need clean safe water.
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Here is a message from
Rockson who is working in the villages we are supporting in Ghana
BELATED HAPPY NEW YEAR,
Dear Colleagues in the business of working towards improving the
very lives of the very poor around the world through support to
provision of safe water. It's out of great joy to inform you that
NAJORE, a the guinea worm endemic community which you visited in
Volta Region in Ghana under APDO's project has wet borehole drilled
for them which installation in in progress. GOD bless you all for
your great efforts towards humanity
REGARDS from all APDO staff!!!!!!! ROCKSON DUTENYA
and one from Modoc,
the inspirational man who runs APDO, the local NGO running the projects
Hi My Sister,
I am with great joy to announce to you that the women of Najore
with your contribution would not have to walk 4km for only 35litres
of disease infected water but now they need to walk thirty metres
away from the community for a very clean water.
I and the country Rep of Water Aid witness the event with much joy
where women of Najore could not hide their happiness and joy for
what has happen to their commnity.
I send you pictures of the drilling process.
Send my greetings to all who dear to you I wish all MERRY CHRISTMASS
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
keep fit
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SING
FOR WATER AUSTRALIA
Following three concerts in London, Associate Director of Thames
Festival, Catherine Reiser relocated to Australia where she founded
Sing for Water Australia. The first night time version was co-produced
by Riverfestival for Brisbane, followed by a Sing for Water concert
in Melbourne as part of The Commonwealth Games Cultural Festival.
Riverfestival in Brisbane continues to create Sing for Water as
an annual event as Catherine continues plans for a Sing for Water
in Sydney and other cities. Sing for Water Australia has raised
over 55,000 Australia dollars which has been funding WaterAid projects
in East Timor and Papua New Guinea.
LINKS
Sing for Water www.singforwater.org
Thames Festival www.thamesfestival.org
Sing for Water Australia
www.singforwateraustralia.com
www.riverfestival.com.au
WaterAid www.wateraid.org
Photos: Simon Richardson,
Alex Macro, and Roger Giddings
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