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Mandela Day Brings More "Change for Children"

Virgin Atlantic Airways and Water For All celebrated Mandela Day, a national day of service in South Africa, by volunteering their staff and crew's time and talents at the Sibikiwe Primary School in Ennerdale, about an hour outside of Johannesburg.

Earlier in the year, Water For All had donated a solar water pump to Sibikiwe with funds raised by Virgin Atlantic’s Change for Children program. Change for Children is the "onboard charity" of Virgin Atlantic, where passengers donate loose change or foreign currency to a designated nonprofit organization working in one of the airline's destinations. The airline chose Water For All to receive 100 percent of the donations collected in August 2009 - £48,419.85 (more than USD79,000).


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article thumbnailSunshine Powers Water Pumps in Tanzania

Martha Njamas is 18 and boards at Kisarawe Secondary School, just under two hour's drive from Dar Es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania. Even at school, like so many women and girls in developing countries, Martha was tasked with the time-consuming chore of collecting water.Then in January, Water For All donated a solar water pump supported by funds from the U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID) and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDSRelief (PEPFAR).


Water For All is very excited to share our video, which showcases the impact of our innovative water technologies in the lives of children and their families. Watch it now and share it with others!


Special thanks to Chris Green, Peter Oyamo and Frimmel Smith for their contributions to our video.

More than 30,000 Lifestraw® water filters donated in Kenya!

Photo credit: Ahmed Omar