Wilmslow Wells for Africa were delighted with the success of their recent Souperday which raised just over £1450.
Helen Battilana, Chairman of Wilmslow Wells said "Our helpers in the kitchen offered a choice of 4 different soups and it was the most unusual flavour - Armenian, (lentils, potatoes, lemon, apricots and cumin) that sold out first.
"The many different sorts of bread served to accompany the soup were baked by our excellent bread-making supporter who starts her day at 4am to get it all done in time! There was also the usual splendidly tempting cake stall and the 'good as new' stall did particularly well this time. As the recently elected Chairman, I was able to introduce myself and thank our many customers for their support."
In the past few months, the Trustees of Wilmslow Wells have signed cheques amounting to more than £28,000 to fund projects for boreholes and windmill-powered pumps in Zambia, Uganda and Tanzania. In addition to this Wilmslow Wells spent £65,600 on 11 projects during their financial year, which ended on 31st July 2010.
Helen added "As you will appreciate, events such as our Souperdays are valuable not just for yielding funds but also for raising awareness in the locality about the charity's existence and our objectives. This means that people may remember about us when, perhaps, they are celebrating a special personal event and would prefer their friends to donate to a charity in lieu of gifts."
Wilmslow Wells for Africa is a direct action charity which aims to improve life in drought-stricken areas of Africa by providing wells, pumps, dams and water collection equipment.
The charity was started in the early 1980's by Brenda Mottershead, a local teacher who had returned from living for a few years in South Africa and was horrified by the difficulties people had in obtaining clean water - in many parts of Africa the only water available is so polluted that it kills both the humans and wildlife that have to share its source.
