Social entrepreneur Edwin Broni-Mensah launched GiveMeTap -- a free water refill network in the UK.<br />"For every bottle that we sell, we are able to help another person get access to clean drinking water," he says.
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Social entrepreneur Edwin Broni-Mensah launched GiveMeTap -- a free water refill network in the UK.
"For every bottle that we sell, we are able to help another person get access to clean drinking water," he says.
Courtesy Amadu Salam Mwini-Balonno & Hikaru Okamot/GiveMeTap
"Here is a product and viable service (that can) directly impact the lives of people in Africa where there are some 300 million people without water," he says.
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"Here is a product and viable service (that can) directly impact the lives of people in Africa where there are some 300 million people without water," he says.
Courtesy Amadu Salam Mwini-Balonno & Hikaru Okamot/GiveMeTap
Cafes and restaurants participating in the free water refill scheme can let customers know by sticking GiveMeTap stickers on windows and doors, like <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FHigginscoffee" target="_blank" target="_blank">H.R. Higgins Coffee </a>in London. GiveMeTap has also developed an iPhone app that helps you find your nearest refill point in the UK.
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Cafes and restaurants participating in the free water refill scheme can let customers know by sticking GiveMeTap stickers on windows and doors, like H.R. Higgins Coffee in London. GiveMeTap has also developed an iPhone app that helps you find your nearest refill point in the UK.
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Broni-Mensah says that when he started GiveMeTap in 2009 the hardest obstacle was getting establishments to join the sustainable water scheme. Today he has 300 cafes and restaurants in the UK signed up.
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Broni-Mensah says that when he started GiveMeTap in 2009 the hardest obstacle was getting establishments to join the sustainable water scheme. Today he has 300 cafes and restaurants in the UK signed up.
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The GiveMeTap founder has now moved the operation to London where they have set up shop at the Google Campus in East London. With a dedicated team behind him, Broni-Mensah is also building corporate partnerships as additional funding measures for the Africa projects.
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The GiveMeTap founder has now moved the operation to London where they have set up shop at the Google Campus in East London. With a dedicated team behind him, Broni-Mensah is also building corporate partnerships as additional funding measures for the Africa projects.
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GiveMeTap is planning to go back to Ghana in December, where construction will begin on four to five new water projects. Broni-Mensah celebrates at the Kpakpalamuni Village, Wa in the Upper West Region of Ghana.
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GiveMeTap is planning to go back to Ghana in December, where construction will begin on four to five new water projects. Broni-Mensah celebrates at the Kpakpalamuni Village, Wa in the Upper West Region of Ghana.
Courtesy Amadu Salam Mwini-Balonno & Hikaru Okamot/GiveMeTap