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Voices: As a chef, I can take access to water for granted. But it is everything for mothers forced to risk their lives giving birth

COMMENT: In Malawi, broadcaster Andi Oliver sees the transformative impact on clean water can have on communities where having a baby brings any number of challenges

The Independent UK

A mother risked everything to bring her twins into the world. Her story should shock us all

COMMENT: Basile Ouedraogo salutes the strength of a mother – Dorcas – who undertook a terrifying journey to try and get the help she needed to safely give birth, and how her story is far too familar

The Independent UK

The women forced to risk death so their babies can live – and the fight to help them

IN FOCUS: Would-be mothers in northern Ghana have to travel miles across river and road while heavily pregnant – to reach health centres without clean water and all the means to help them. Rachel Hagan reports

The Independent UK

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Mothers and midwives from across Africa and UK demand world leaders protect women giving birth

Protest in Geneva calls for clean water in every health centre and maternity ward to save mothers and newborns from dying – with the call coming in the wake of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The Independent UK

Baby clothes, razor blades and water buckets: Exposing the reality of global inequalities in maternal care

In a new campaign, WaterAid are showcasing what mothers bring to hospital in their maternal bags. In London that means baby clothes; in Malawi, razor blades to cut the umbilical cord and in Ethiopia, a bucket to collect water to help deliver the baby

The Independent UK

As a new mother, it is terrifying that woman around the world give birth without clean water

COMMENT: Amira Aleem gave birth to her son surrounded by the care afforded by a London hospital. She knows many mothers around the world are not so lucky – and wants to see that change

The Independent UK

The Independent partners with WaterAid for Earth Day 2026

The Independent donates £20,000 in advertising to help amplify WaterAid’s message and reach new audiences

The Independent UK

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World Bank announces clean water plan for one billion people

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The Independent UK

Landmark push to provide an extra one billion people with reliable clean water

The World Bank – alongside partners such as WaterAid – aim to complete ‘Water Forward’ project by 2030

The Independent UK

I’m forever grateful my baby and I got the hospital care we needed – mothers across Africa need our help

COMMENT: Women everywhere want to be assured of a safe and dignified birth, where they are listened to and their needs – that they and their baby are protected from preventable harm and illness – acted upon, writes Helen Hamilton

The Independent UK

‘A mother giving birth could bleed to death while I’m out looking for water’

ON THE GROUND: Two midwives in Africa describe the transformative power of clean water to stop mothers dying during childbirth – something they fear happens all too often. Rachel Hagan reports

The Independent UK

Women almost 150 times more likely to die from maternal sepsis in Africa than Europe – costing thousands of lives

New WaterAid report says investing in and delivering water, sanitation and hygiene across healthcare facilities could prevent 10 million cases of maternal sepsis and 8,580 deaths worldwide every year

The Independent UK

Campaign launched to protect lives of new mothers and babies with clean water pledge

Charity WaterAid says every two seconds a women gives birth in a hospital or healthcare centre without clean water as it begins ‘Time to Deliver ‘ campaign

The Independent UK

The UK is shirking its responsibility to ensure one of the most basic rights

COMMENT: A year after the government announced significant cuts to the UK’s aid budget, Rupa Huq argues that we need to project access to water and sanitation for women and girls around the world

The Independent UK

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Aid groups struggle to attract donors as floods devastate Mozambique

The country director for WaterAid Mozambique says it is proving much harder for aid agencies to generate funds to help than in previous crises

The Independent UK

The climate crisis, aid cuts and deepening poverty are combining to drive a crisis in Madagascar

IN FOCUS: The humanitarian crisis in the south of the country has worsened in recent months, with the head of the country’s UN humanitarian operation telling Nick Ferris there is currently little hope for improvement

The Independent UK

Tens of thousands of mothers are bleeding to death giving birth. Aid cuts are denying them a solution

IN DEPTH: A breakthrough to stop life-threatening bleeding in childbirth was only just starting to reach the mothers most at risk when Donald Trump’s aid cuts hit. Rachel Schraer speaks to health workers about the dire consequences

The Independent UK

How super-rich influencers are helping to supply international aid

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Influencers like MrBeast can help plug funding gap left by aid cuts, says international charity

A new campaign – #TeamWater – with WaterAid partnering with content creators around the world, has managed to raise more than $30 million in August, which the charity calls ‘unprecedented’

International Business Times UK

MrBeast's #TeamWater Delivers 6 Million Years of Clean Water in Days—And They're Just Getting Started

MrBeast and Mark Rober launch a viral campaign, #TeamWater, to raise $40 million by August 2025, aiming to provide clean water to two million people worldwide with the help of WaterAid.

The Independent UK

Online creators, led by MrBeast and Mark Rober, want to raise $40 million for clean water access

Online creators are launching a $40 million fundraiser to build water quality projects around the world

The Independent UK

How the climate crisis and aid cuts could devastate global supplies of vanilla

IN FOCUS: Vanilla farmers in Madagascar, a country that supplies up to 80 per cent of the global crop each year, face a difficult future as the climate crisis and aid cuts bite, writes Nick Ferris

Evening Standard

Giant boombox toilet co-designed by Sir Rod Stewart unveiled at Glastonbury

Sir Rod will be playing the festival’s tea-time legends slot on Sunday.

The Guardian - UK

‘Intense and fleeting’ – how festival friendships can touch your soul (and change your life)

One of Glastonbury’s many joys is connecting with like-minded strangers who can suddenly feel like soulmates, writes festival super fan Alexandra Jones

The Fashion Central

King Charles Makes Bold Move After Meghan Markle’s Bombshell Podcast Announcement

King Charles has made a significant decision following Meghan Markle’s bombshell announcement about her next major venture. The monarch hosted a "Water and

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