Reepham & District Rotary Club has sent a further £1,800 to Aquabox, which supplies water filtration equipment to communities devastated by flood, earthquake, war or other disasters.

This Rotary-led charity provides the most urgent need of safe, clean water: diseases from contaminated water can cause more deaths than the original cause of the disaster.

The boxes are water tanks that contain either family filters to care for a single family or community filters.

Above: Clean water for families in The Gambia. Below: Demonstrating filters in Syria.

This latest donation from Reepham will pay for seven community filters, which will provide six litres of clean water a minute for up to 2,800 people.

Recent deliveries have been made to communities as far apart as Haiti, the Philippines, Nepal and Syria.

Reepham Rotary has sent more than 450 Aquaboxes in the 20 years that it has been supporting the charity.

Aquabox works with Rotary clubs on the ground and partner charities that can ensure the boxes are delivered swiftly to where they are needed.

The charity has just one part-time employee and some 70 volunteers, ensuring all funds are used to build and ship treatment equipment; stockpiles are kept to ensure rapid response to emerging disasters.

Being able to treat water on the spot reduces the need for clean water to be sent in plastic bottles: the number of filters in use around the world has removed the need for 4,000 plastic bottles every minute.

Reepham Rotary donations are funded by our long-running 100 Club, which is supported by our members and non-members in the community: monthly prizes and an annual roll-over add excitement to regular giving.

The 100 Club is run by Paul Smith (01603 870381 or email), who will welcome enquiries. More information HERE.

Richard Cooke