The UK, like many countries across the globe, is living through the COVID-19 pandemic. It has brought so much misery to so many. Here though we have certain things we can take for granted; things that have played a major role in our lives over the past weeks.
Read more: COVID-19: Is it a ticking time bomb for refugee camps?
23rd April 2020
Bob Jackson, a long-standing and much-valued Aquabox volunteer and team leader, recently completed a 4-mile sponsored walk whilst confined to home during the current COVID-19 lockdown.
16th March 2020
Please note that in response to the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, and the latest UK Government advice, the Aquabox Trustees have taken the decision to suspend all activities at the depot with immediate effect.
13th March 2020
The terrible situation in Yemen is the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time. People there are trapped in a dreadful cycle of conflict, starvation and sickness. Access to safe drinking water is extremely limited or non-existent.
Read more: Aquabox reaches Yemen for the third time in 2 years
31st January 2020
On 12th and 13th January this year, Taal Volcano erupted on Luzon Island in the Philippines. Within a very short time after the eruptions, local villages were showered with a thick layer of ash, noxious sulphur dioxide fumes filled the air and 500 metre plumes of molten lava shot into the atmosphere.
Read more: Aquabox responds to Taal Volcano in the Philippines
16th January 2020
Our third and latest consignment bound for Yemen left the Aquabox depot this morning. The shipment comprised 250 Gold Boxes, 5 Community Filters and 120 Family Filters.