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Lifesaving gifts from WaterAid

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3 November 2009

WaterAid is offering an ethical solution to present-buying this Christmas.

With our online SH2OP for Life you can buy a range of lifesaving Soapy, Toiletry and Watery virtual gifts - from taps to toilets, and from boreholes to soap-making businesses.

Bargain gifts include two taps for £12, right up to £4,328 for a gravity-flow scheme!

All monies raised from the scheme go towards our vital work improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world’s poorest communities.

Senior Direct Marketing Officer, Suzanne Clements, says: "Whether you buy a tap, toilet or hygiene puppet show, these gifts really do make a huge difference to the people we work with throughout Africa and Asia.

"A family toilet at £30 may not be a conventional present, but for the 2.5 billion people without access to anywhere safe or hygienic to go, it’s literally a life-saver."

Gifts for £25 and under include:

• water pipes for a gravity-flow scheme: £18
• training for a pump attendant: £20
• tools to dig a well: £25

Each gift comes with a card or e-card to sign or personalise, and includes a full description of the gift and how it will help transform lives.

Gifts can be purchased online here. Alternatively a catalogue can be requested by calling 0845 6000 433.

Our range of exclusive and traditional Christmas cards are also available to buy online here or through the catalogue. 

Orders must be placed before 7 December to ensure delivery in time for Christmas Day, although e-cards can be purchased any time before December 25. Postal gifts are available to addresses in the UK only. Please allow 5-14 days for delivery. 
 
Note to editors: 

Gifts bought from the SH2OP for Life will go towards our water, sanitation and hygiene projects in Africa and Asia as well as related support costs, to ensure we keep on helping more communities long into the future.  

• At least 4000 children die every day as a result of diseases caused by unclean water and poor sanitation.
• 884 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is roughly one in eight of the world's population.
• 2.5 billion people in the world do not have access to adequate sanitation, this is almost two fifths of the world's population.
• Just £15 can enable one person to access safe water, improved hygiene and sanitation.

Charity registration numbers 288701 (England and Wales) and SC039479 (Scotland).

For more information contact:
Brenda Mcilwraith 
WaterAid
 
t: +44(0)20 7793 2245
e: brendamcilwraith@wateraid.org