WaterAid is one of the three main charities that the festival supports. Michael Eavis visited WaterAid projects in Ghana earlier this year and has seen first hand how Glastonbury money makes such a huge difference to people's lives in Africa. Pictures are below. To find out more about water aid you can click here to visit their website.
	Left: Michael Eavis looks down a newly built water well when he met families on a Wateraid project near Bolgatanga, Northern Ghana, Right: and also meeting the women of the Bolgatanga basket weavers cooperative. Click image for full picture.
Giant Taps Plug Charity
They're big. In fact they're huge. And they're bound to overshadow the other stars at Glastonbury - as long as the sun is shining in the right direction …
Farah Faucet and Jarvis StopCocker, two GIANT TAPS will be making a splash at the Glastonbury festival to recruit support for the charity WaterAid, the UK's only major charity which is dedicated to providing safe water, sanitation and hygiene promotion to the world's poorest people. The serious message behind the taps is that during the 72 hours of Glastonbury 43,200 people in the developing world will die from the lack of safe drinking water and adequate sanitation and yet it can cost under £11 to provide a person with safe water and improved sanitation. WaterAid not only provides clean water, sanitation and hygiene promotion to the poorest communities in Africa and Asia … it ALSO offers these services to festival goers. At Glastonbury this year WaterAid will provide nine African pit latrines in the King's meadow which are cleaned by willing volunteers and also a VIP (ventilated improved pit) latrine for the VIP's backstage. These latrines not only smell good they also illustrate how cheap and simple technology can be used for effective sanitation. WaterAid will also distribute free drinking water to the thirsty crowds at the main stage and post hygiene and water conservation messages at all tapstands and toilets … and of course Farah Faucet and Jarvis Stopcocker will also be tapping into festival goers' willingness to find out more about WaterAid's work overseas.