aquabox, clean drinking water charity

We take clean water for granted every day. In the midst of devastation and disasters, there are few gifts more valuable than the gift of clean safe water.

Aquabox is essentially a lifesaving water tank with water filters and water treatment tablets that can convert up to 2,000 litres of polluted water, making it safe and pleasant to drink. The boxes are also filled with emergency aid to reduce the suffering during the aftermath of a disaster.

Estimates suggest 25,000 children die every day from the effects of drinking polluted water. With your help Aquabox can play a vital part in minimising the after effects of disaster.

This local initiative is powered by the voluntary members of the Rotary Club of Eltham, Victoria, Australia.

rotary club of eltham, drikning water charity

Aquabox wishes to thank the support of the following companies


           




Latest Aquabox News

Aquaboxes in Fiji Floods

25-Apr-2012

ELTHAM couple Claire Georgiou and Marika Navuni couldn’t believe it when they heard the Fijian village they used to call home was destroyed in the Pacific nation’s worst floods in decades. People they loved were left without clean drinking water for days, and the 46 people in their extended family’s village were forced to share two houses after the other seven were destroyed or left unlivable. Mrs Georgiou said she burst into tears when she saw the news footage. Marika’s father told her he had never seen the water come up so high in his life - his aunty’s house has never flooded in 40 years... (Leader Newspaper) Claire and Marika contacted a member of Eltham Rotary Club as soon as they heard about the flood and asked if Rotary could help; he told them about Aquabox.

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Aquabox response to Floods in Fiji

04-Apr-2012

As reported in RDU "With a state of emergency declared in the West of the island nation, some 12,000 people are currently housed in evacuation centres, and nearly 3,000 households affected thus far. Although the rains eased over the weekend, the threat posed by the approaching Cyclone Daphne gives cause for grave concern. is preparing to assist Rotary's response to the the devestating floods in Fiji" (RDU).

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Aquaboxes distributed in Cambodia

9-Feb-2012

During December 2011 members of the Rotary Club of Eltham (Australia) and Rotary Club of Phnom Phen assisted with the distribution of Aquaboxes to villagers and to demonstrate the use of the equipment. 108 Aquaboxes were distributed to two areas outside Phnom Penh. Over a thousand people will use the Aquaboxes for clean water over the next 3-6 months until the water supplies contaminated by the floods are clean again......

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