Pump Aid is an international charity based in the UK working to improve access to water and deliver vital sanitation and hygiene services to rural communities in Malawi. Launched in 1998, the organisation has secured water supplies for 1.25 million people living in some of the poorest areas in sub-Saharan Africa.
In January 2014 I travelled to Mchinji District located in central Malawi for the first time to visit the rural villages where Pump Aid is working to improve the quality, availability and use of water. We have secured water supplies for 400,000 people in Malawi, and are now working to deliver a minimum of 1,500 pumps and reach 150,000 people by 2016. Throughout my trip I spoke with community members about water and how improved access has changed their lives.
Photo credits: Clare Oh, Sheena Duggal, Pump Aid
