To mark World Water Day on 22 March, members raised £70 from each donating the cost of a glass of wine and participating in a raffle to win bottles of water and wine at their recent March meeting. This will be sent to Water Aid to support their work in providing clean water in developing countries.

Janet Ince, President of Soroptimist International of Kidderminster says " Clean water is essential for life, but one in eight of the world's population does not have access to it. This, and the lack of safe sanitation, results in over two million people dying from water - related diseases every year. The lack of clean water close to people's homes also affects people's time, livelihoods, and quality of life.

We do not suffer with these problems in Wyre Forest and we were very pleased to have raised £70 to help in a small way the valuable work that Water Aid is doing. Their work really does make a difference to improve the lives of whole communities and is part of our mission to help women and children worldwide”.

For more information on Water Aid please visit www.wateraid.org . For more information on the activities of Kidderminster Soroptimists, please email on kidderminstersorop@gmail.com or telephone our Membership Secretary on 01299 266101