Press releases and statements 2 September 2020 by Emily Pritchard New report exposes risks and fears faced by sanitation workers in South Asia during Covid-19 pandemic Sanitation workers across South Asia are working through the Covid-19 pandemic with little protective equipment and poor access to handwashing and cleaning facilities, according to a new report from WaterAid. View more 26 August 2020 by Ekene Oboko HEINEKEN Africa Foundation teams up with WaterAid to help communities protect themselves in fight against Covid-19 HEINEKEN Africa Foundation is donating more than £1 million (€1.2 million) to WaterAid to support the international charity’s emergency response to COVID-19 in Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, and Mozambique. View more 13 August 2020 Millions of children may return to a school with nowhere to wash their hands Children returning to school this September may find a very different classroom to the ones they left, with socially distanced desks and a renewed focus on handwashing. But in thousands of schools around the world, even this most basic defence against Covid-19 will be out of reach for millions of students and their teachers. View more 11 August 2020 by Rosie Stewart Inspiring art from around the world highlights importance of water and hygiene in fight against Covid-19 Celebrity judges invite public to vote for winning piece to be presented to world leaders in WaterAid campaign. Artists Grayson Perry and Jean Jullien, photographer Aida Muluneh, and actor Russell Tovey are inviting the public to vote for one of 12 striking pieces of artwork as part of WaterAid’s campaign, Art of Change, which calls for clean water and hygiene for all to help fight the spread of Covid-19. View more Pagination Load more
2 September 2020 by Emily Pritchard New report exposes risks and fears faced by sanitation workers in South Asia during Covid-19 pandemic Sanitation workers across South Asia are working through the Covid-19 pandemic with little protective equipment and poor access to handwashing and cleaning facilities, according to a new report from WaterAid. View more
26 August 2020 by Ekene Oboko HEINEKEN Africa Foundation teams up with WaterAid to help communities protect themselves in fight against Covid-19 HEINEKEN Africa Foundation is donating more than £1 million (€1.2 million) to WaterAid to support the international charity’s emergency response to COVID-19 in Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, and Mozambique. View more
13 August 2020 Millions of children may return to a school with nowhere to wash their hands Children returning to school this September may find a very different classroom to the ones they left, with socially distanced desks and a renewed focus on handwashing. But in thousands of schools around the world, even this most basic defence against Covid-19 will be out of reach for millions of students and their teachers. View more
11 August 2020 by Rosie Stewart Inspiring art from around the world highlights importance of water and hygiene in fight against Covid-19 Celebrity judges invite public to vote for winning piece to be presented to world leaders in WaterAid campaign. Artists Grayson Perry and Jean Jullien, photographer Aida Muluneh, and actor Russell Tovey are inviting the public to vote for one of 12 striking pieces of artwork as part of WaterAid’s campaign, Art of Change, which calls for clean water and hygiene for all to help fight the spread of Covid-19. View more
