A big thank you from WaterAid!

31st October 2014

In 2014 Glastonbury-goers gave our petition, for a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water and safe toilets, the best start ever, with a massive 38,125 signatures.

And it didn’t stop there. Over the summer, we collected enough names to bring us to a grand total of 76,711, every one of which was delivered to the UK Government by WaterAid supporter David Shurlock (who you may just have spotted volunteering on our Pyramid Stage stand during the Festival).

Together, we gave the strongest possible message about the importance of clean water and decent toilets – and we couldn’t have done it without you.

Now it’s up to the UN General Assembly to decide what will make the final list of sustainable development goals. We’re expecting a report from the UN Secretary General in November with his recommendations – but in the meantime, we’ll keep up the pressure to get taps and toilets to the top of the agenda, before the new goals are finalised in September 2015. Next year at Worthy Farm is going to be a big one.

Your signatures are changing lives

Every name on our petition is helping to transform the lives of girls like Solo and Ze in Madagascar; girls being denied a childhood and an education because of the daily walk to collect dirty water. That’s why, when we handed in our petition, we also shared the stories of the people we’re campaigning for – the people whose futures we can change forever.

This is what happened when Solo and Ze’s community got clean water for the very first time this summer:

Until next year, you can keep in touch with us by finding us on Facebook, following us on Twitter or visiting wateraid.org.