World Water Week: A day in the life of our project manager, Harmeet…
As FRANK Water’s Project Manager, my role is to provide a bridge between our work in the UK and our safe water projects in India, so that means a lot of Skypeing with India! Like most people, the first...
View ArticleRickshaw Run Autumn 2013 – it begins…
Would you ever consider crossing India in something that has not got much more power than a lawn mower? No…not many people would except for the intrepid adventurists currently wobbling their way 2700...
View ArticleA help up, not a hand out
Our fundraising manager, Philippa, is currently on a field trip in India; There are 24,000 villages in Andhra Pradesh and access to clean water is an issue for many of them. Government installed bore...
View ArticleA guest blog from Andy (aka 7in7)…
It was the strength of people’s reactions when I told them about my plan to run 7 marathons in 7 days that, at times, had me wondering whether this had been such a great idea. I had run several coastal...
View ArticleThe ShawFRANK Indirection blog: part I…
For the September Adventurists Rickshaw Run, we ran a competition for a daring team to complete the challenge as the official FRANK Water team. The winners were ‘The ShawFRANK Indirection’ who have...
View ArticleThe ShawFRANK Indirection blog: part II – fundraising tips…
Our official Rickshaw Run team, ShawFRANK Indirection have raised over £6000 so far – and here’s how they did it (check out the photographic evidence here ) Top 10 Tips for Fundraising 1. Choose your...
View ArticleSomerset Cricketer bats for England in support of FRANK Water
As England’s Nick Compton makes his Test debut against India today, he’s unlikely to be feeling thirsty. Chances are he’s been resting and rehydrating in preparation for the biggest match in his...
View ArticleDoes charity begin at home?
Today I arrived in Kolkata for a project where I’ll be looking at the monitoring and evaluation practices used for rural water projects in West Bengal. As is common when arriving into an Indian city by...
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Turn off the tap for World Water Day
To mark World Water Day, we’ve invited UK based bathroom company and FRANK Water supporters, Bathshop321 to fill us in on their annual Water Usage Survey that highlights how easy it is to take clean...
View ArticleMake some noise for FRANK Water
What is digital marketing? Sounds a bit like jargon doesn’t it? A few buzz words made up by some trendy media types. In fact, digital marketing is critical to small organisations with budgets to match....
View ArticleTales from the road…A Rickshaw Runner tells it how it is
Upon signing up for the Rickshaw Run last autumn, I became aware of FRANK Water. Having volunteered with a water project in India on a previous trip, I recognized the need for clean water immediately....
View ArticleWe drank gutter water (for charity)
Check out this film from the Jaisalmer Taxi Service, a group of intrepid souls who are taking part in the Rickshaw Run to raise funds for FRANK Water:
View ArticleBusiness, Branson & Big Green Week
Business, Branson and Big Green Week It’s not every day that you’re asked to sit around a table with Richard Branson, and it’s no small undertaking, especially when the subject matter is Business...
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Fundraising the imaginative way
My fundraising trip took place in Novemember 2009 and consisted of a canoe descent of the river Spey from Newtonmore to the sea near Buckie, followed by a unicycle trip back along the Speyside way to...
View ArticleWorld Water Week 2013- a look ahead
This year, FRANK Water is travelling to Stockholm for World Water Week, the annual conference that provides a focus point for world water issues. The conference brings together charities, researchers,...
View ArticleLife Does Not Happen in Sectors
World Water Week for FRANK Water kicked off with a session on “nature based solutions”. The topic was collaboration between the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) and conservation sectors. Speakers...
View ArticleWhite Elephants – the importance of community ownership
In this post, I’m going to talk about the last session I attended on Monday, which was about community ownership. This is because community ownership is a crucial part of our projects. As the speakers...
View ArticleEye on Asia
“Sustainability is not a straight line from A to B, otherwise rivers would be straight” For today, World Water Week has been divided into regional sessions. In the “Eye on Asia” workshop, the focus was...
View ArticleI say water, you say…
This board (pictured above), displayed at World Water Week leads with the title “I Say Water, You Say…” and aptly illustrates the diverse ways in which water matters to different people. World Water...
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