Pensioner rafts across the Atlantic for WaterAid
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Non Profit
On Sunday 30 January, 84-year-old adventurer Anthony Smith set sail across the Atlantic Ocean on the An-Tiki - a raft made from water pipes. He aims to raise £50,000 for WaterAid. Mr Smith and his three-man crew of 'mature and intrepid gentlemen', aged from 56 to 84 years old, will use only the ocean currents and a sail to make the 2,800 mile voyage from the Canary Islands to the Bahamas. During the 70 day voyage they aim to highlight the fact that nearly a billion people worldwide live without clean water, and draw attention to the work that WaterAid is doing to help some of the world's poorest communities gain access safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. "Water strikes at the very heart of need, making 'water aid' a prime consideration," Mr Smith commented. "To voyage almost 3,000 miles upon the salty kind will make us intensely aware of places in the world that are without adequate supplies." Read more here: http://www.wateraid.org/uk/about_us/newsroom/9498.asp