Jonathan Blake

OUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS FOR WATER FOR AFRICA 2018/19

Fundraising for Water For Africa
£12,203
raised of £12,000 target
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WATER FOR AFRICA, 20 March 2019
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Donations made on this page, in excess of the £12,000 already raised for the THIRD village, will be directed now to the fourth village.

Our Christmas Lights (featured on Channel 4 in 2015, in their Christmas Eve 8 p.m. broadcast, "My Crazy Christmas Lights") IN 2021 will  provide clean, reliable, accessible and fresh water to , a small village in the Gambia that has a population of 500 villagers. I flew to the Gambia in November 2018 ( at my own expense) to visit the first two villages, Tiaba Nyass and Dobong, accompanied by Water For Africa.

The Christmas Lights will raise funds to provide a deep bore hole, solar powered water pump, for the village. The solar panels will pump the water continually into tanks raised high above the ground, that will then feed water to strategically placed stand pipes around the village. The villagers will dig the trenches for the piping taking the water to the stand pipes. Your donations will pay for the digging of the bore hole, by Water For Africa Gambian staff, using their drilling rig, the building of the tower to house the water tanks, the water tanks themselves, the water pump, its control unit, the stand pipes and all the piping needed. We will oversee the project ourselves, from start to finish. I visited the Gambian supplier of all the equipment being installed and costed the project. No money is being siphoned off for U.K. salaries or offices. No one in Water For Africa U.K. are paid for their work. It is all voluntary.  The Water For Africa Gambian staff come from, and their families live, in similar villages in which, Water For Africa have previously installed water pumps. We also intend to remain involved with the village we assist, to maintain the water pump and help provide other needed amenities.

 PLEASE HELP US RAISE THE NECESSARY AMOUNT AND PROVIDE A CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT WILL TRANSFORM LIVES.

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Water For Africa

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Water For Africa is a charity committed to the provision of water, sanitation and healthcare facilities to communities in Africa suffering from endemic poverty. All of our projects providing, water and preventative healthcare, have been focussed on giving individuals and communities the power to take ownership and change their own lives.

Donation summary

Total raised
£12,202.28
+ £912.50 Gift Aid
Online donations
£5,696.28
Offline donations
£6,506.00

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