History

WTN was formed in 1997, and became a registered charity in 1998.

Our initial aim was to deliver humanitarian aid to those in need, and in 1997 we made our first trip to Chernikov, 35 kilometres from Chernobyl, Ukraine, to deliver goods to children affected by radiation-derived illnesses.

The following year, we started trips to the Balkans. Between 1998 and 2000 we visited Croatia, Serbia and Kosova on some 14 occasions, taking aid directly to refugees from the Balkan wars. We also helped on projects in India and Chile.

In 2000, we turned our attention to AIDs-stricken Africa and set up two major projects in Zambia - an irrigation project in the east of the country, and a farm/school project in Lusaka, as well as several smaller projects in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

While we were undertaking our African projects, we began to identify that the underlying problem facing many of the people we were helping was a shortage of clean water and toilet facilities, and the inevitable development of intestinal worms, illness and death. We reassessed our objectives and decided to focus our energy on providing water for life.

After the Asian tsunami in December 2004, we were involved in constructing 120 houses in Sri Lanka. Read more