Nkuku Life

Saving Lives with Safe Water

For the past seven years, we’ve regularly donated a proportion of our profits to Frank Water. Every November this ramps up as the charity becomes the focus of our Black Friday campaign. With your help we’ve so far managed to raise more than £26,00 for this important cause. This has been enough to provide safe water, for life, to more than 2,220 people.

Why Frank Water?

Our relationship with Bristol-based charity Frank Water began when we met their Founder, Katie Alcott, who visited our lifestyle store in Totnes, Devon. We connected with Katie over a shared love of India, which is where many of our artisans and makers are based. Frequent visits to our suppliers have exposed us to not only the wonder and vitality of this beautiful country, but also to the hardships, inequality and poverty many people living there face, particularly in terms of access to clean water. 

 

 

Katie started the charity after her own experience of visiting India. Whilst on a gap year, Katie stayed with a local family in Kashmir and suffered from dysentery due to unsafe drinking water. After a gruelling five years of battling with her condition, Katie recovered and has since been passionate about bringing safe drinking water not only to the family she’d lived with, but to many others throughout India and Nepal. Frank Water was born with the aim to help improve the living standards of the poorest communities by going into areas that are often too remote for larger charities and establishing clean water systems. As soon as we heard about the fantastic work Katie and others at Frank Water were doing, we knew we had to support them.

Across the world, 1 in 10 people still live without safe water and 2.5 billion people (that's 1 in 3) have no access to adequate sanitation.

Impacting Lives 

It's incredible what Frank Water have managed to achieve since it began in 2005. In that time, they have successfully brought safe water to over 455,729 people in 677 communities in India and Nepal. Their vital work has kept families across the region safe from fluorosis, which is a debilitating disease caused by naturally occurring fluoride that leaches into drinking water. In Nepal, Frank Water has provided training around hygiene and sanitation to more than 1400 people and ensured nearly 200 households have access to safe water.

The Give Big Campaign

The Frank Water team told us that none of this would have been possible without support from donations such as the ones we make at Nkuku, which in turn we are only able to give thanks to your help; through you shopping with us throughout the year and particularly during Black Friday.  

What Frank Water have accomplished so far is amazing, however, their work is far from over. Globally, 1 in 10 people don’t have access to safe drinking water. Women and girls are disproportionately affected, often carrying the burden of water collection, and without safely managed water, sanitation, and hygiene, are more vulnerable to abuse and ill health, affecting their ability to study, work, and live in dignity.

Frank Water are fundraising to help women establish themselves as climate action leaders to address water scarcity within their communities. Through practical training, women will be empowered to lead planning, decision-making, and governance of safe water and sanitation services, to ensure access, suitability, and resilience of water services for all, for generations to come.

We’re proud to be supporting our charity partner, Frank Water’s Big Give Christmas Challenge Appeal this year. The Big Give Christmas Challenge is the UK’s biggest match-funding campaign and runs from midday on Tuesday 28 November to Tuesday 5 December. They’re raising funds to help women establish themselves as climate action leaders to address water scarcity within their communities. Through practical training, women will be empowered to lead planning, decision-making, and governance of safe water and sanitation services, to ensure access, suitability, and resilience of water services for all, for generations to come.

Make a Donation

Your donations will allow Frank Water to do the following: 

● Ensure long-term access to water, sanitation, and hygiene for all

 ● Uphold women’s rights to be involved in decision-making 

● Help women and girls live better lives 

● Reduce health risks for communities 

Nkuku has pledged £5,000 to this appeal. Can you help support the charity in reaching the £50,000 target?

We are proud to continue to support Frank Water in their mission. To find out more about their work and make a personal donation visit Frank Water.

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