WaterAid serves up local specialities from around the world in ‘Remote Kitchen’ series
From pork and cassava to fried grasshopper, WaterAid field workers from across Africa and Asia have prepared their favourite national dishes as part of a short video series called ‘Remote Kitchen’.
As well as revealing recipes for local delicacies and offering a rare taste of different cuisines and cultures, ‘Remote Kitchen’ highlights the vital need for clean water to safely prepare food and wash ingredients.
Remote Kitchen features James’ “crunchy” grasshoppers from Uganda and Ernest’s “yummy” pork with coconut rice from Madagascar, along with Mani’s Nepalese chicken curry, Chileshe’s musozya amasi (boiled maize with fermented milk) from Zambia, Dennis’ Nsima and Chambo (Malawian bread and fish), Basile’s sautéed chicken with zamne seeds from the local acacia trees in Burkina Faso – ‘bloody delicious’ if he does say so himself.
Before WaterAid’s work to improve access to clean water, toilets and good hygiene in these countries, many communities could not enjoy the nutritional and communal benefits of cooked meals. Globally, one in nine people live without clean water, but it doesn’t have to be that way. In partnership with local communities, partner organisations and governments, WaterAid works towards a world where everyone everywhere has clean water to drink and access to good sanitation and hygiene.
Chileshe from Zambia said: “I’m so excited to have clean water. It makes so much difference to our communities.”
Neal Wallace, WaterAid’s Film Producer, said:
“‘Remote Kitchen’ is a new, fun, engaging way of introducing people to our wonderful field workers and the diverse countries and cultures in which we work. At the same time, it conveys an important message by showing the tangible, everyday effect of providing clean water, good sanitation and hygiene to communities across the world. As well as improving health, education and livelihoods, clean water can bring about simple changes, such as the ability to prepare and share a healthy, nourishing meal.”
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Watch ‘Remote Kitchen’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLc-oawSTlDS0e5cgja0Svl7MBpg7IU5GH&v=iMHeCXduBJo
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WaterAid
WaterAid’s vision is of a world where everyone has access to clean water and sanitation. The international not-for-profit organisation works in 34 countries to change the lives of the poorest and most marginalised people. Since 1981, WaterAid has reached 25.8 million people with clean water and 25.1 million people with decent toilets. For more information, visit www.wateraid.org/uk, follow @WaterAidUK or @WaterAidPress on Twitter, or visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/wateraid.
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844 million people in the world – one in nine – do not have clean water close to home.[1]
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2.3 billion people in the world – almost one in three – do not have a decent toilet of their own.[2]
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Around 289,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases caused by poor water and sanitation. That's almost 800 children a day, or one child every two minutes.[3]
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Every £1 invested in water and toilets returns an average of £4 in increased productivity.[4]
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Just £24 can provide one person with clean water.[5]
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To find out if countries are keeping their promises on water and sanitation, see the online database www.WASHwatch.org
[1] WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2017 update and SDG Baselines
[2] WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2017 update and SDG Baselines
[3] washwatch.org
[4] World Health organization (2012) Global costs and benefits of drinking-water supply and sanitation interventions to reach the MDG target and universal coverage
