As part of the international charity WaterAid ‘Water Innovators’ challenge, a team from South East Water - Team Natural Harvest - is competing with 12 others to solve real challenges from WaterAid’s work in Nepal.
The team has created a character called Clive in the game Minecraft, who sends in video blogs about his projects and how he is building a rainwater harvesting tank to bring clean water to his village.
Jessica Elms, South East Water Senior Customer Services Advisor and the deputy leader of Team Natural Harvest, said:
“Clive builds the rainwater harvesting tank brick by brick. Each brick is a raffle ticket and costs just £1 – people help by buying a raffle brick or simply just donate the number of bricks that you want to see Clive build the rainwater harvesting tanks with.”
The team is not just fundraising; they are helping WaterAid to come up with new ideas to bring lifesaving clean water to remote rural hill communities in Nepal.
Jessica continued:
“Nepalese communities believe that rainwater is dirty so only drink water from rivers. What they don’t understand is that it’s the river water that’s making them ill.”
“We could have come up with designs for costly water pumps which can be difficult to source parts for, especially in remote areas. We have turned the challenge on its head and thought about education and an innovative rainwater harvesting system which can be partially built using materials Nepalese communities will already have access to.”
In October WaterAid will judge the projects, alongside the rest of the Water Innovators teams from around the UK. The winning ideas will be given to WaterAid Nepal with the opportunity for some to be put into action.
To follow Clive’s progress, find out how you can donate and meet the team visit www.teamnaturalharvest.org. Clive needs 3,000 bricks to build a virtual rainwater harvesting system in Minecraft. Supporters can buy bricks and the donation goes to WaterAid to support their work in Nepal.
Clive can also be followed on Twitter @SeeCliveLive #seeclivelive
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