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PHS Waterlogic announce partnership with The One Foundation to launch the ‘One’ Watercooler
11 May 2010
PHS Waterlogic have partnered with The One Foundation, the charity behind the One range of products, many available in retail outlets throughout the UK to launch the One Watercooler to business and other commercial sites who want to supply drinking water to employees and visitors.
The One Foundation gives all their profits away to fund humanitarian projects in developing countries and to date has raised over £3.7million and changed over 1 million lives. It seems right that PHS Waterlogic, Europe’s largest supplier of mains fed drinking water dispensers, should join together with The One Foundation to help others in the world gain access to clean, safe drinking water.
When PHS Waterlogic customers take a Totalcare service package on a One branded watercooler, they generate a donation to help fund PlayPump® water systems that provide clean, safe drinking water to villages in Africa.
The One Foundation funds PlayPump® water systems that use a specially crafted children’s roundabout to pump water from deep underground. So, as children spin on the roundabout, fresh, clean water is pumped from a borehole into a storage tank for use by the entire community.
It’s a simple idea but one that is changing the lives of thousands of African people. Now, instead of walking for hours to collect water, children can go to school and the entire community benefits from access to fresh drinking water.
A PlayPump® provides much more than clean water. It provides a community with a sustainable resource that saves time and energy and facilitates education, hygiene and health. Plus, excess water can be used to irrigate vegetable gardens, giving communities the opportunity to grow and sell their own crops.
“PHS Waterlogic are delighted to work with the One Foundation and raise funds for PlayPump® water systems,” explains David Matthews, Managing Director at PHS Waterlogic. “Communities in Africa will have clean, safe drinking water just like we provide for our customers”.
Duncan Goose, Founder of Global Ethics and The One Foundation commented ‘In PHS Waterlogic and David’s team we’ve found such a committed and motivated bunch of people that I’m sure together we’re going to change thousands of lives by keeping people hydrated here in the UK, and at schools in Africa too’
For more information go to our website www.phswaterlogic.co.uk
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