# WaterAid creates fundraising website for 8-13 year olds

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/11/21/wateraid-creates-fundraising-website-813-year-olds/
- Published: 2006-11-21T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Water Aid has created Splash Out, an online fundraising resource for young people.

Gemma Harris, WaterAid’s Community Fundraising Manager, explained the need for the
new site. “We get lots of calls from young people wanting to raise money for us 
and asking us for ideas,” she said, “so in response we’ve created a fundraising 
site designed for 8-13 year olds.

“The new site provides a really interactive experience and allows young people the
chance to share their fundraising experiences with us. It’s been a really exciting
project, school children all across the UK have been involved in testing the site
and they’ve given it a big thumbs up!”

‘Splash Out’ is introduced by two characters Chandra and Amina who explain what 
life is like in their communities and how WaterAid can make a difference. It aims
to bring young people closer to WaterAid’s work while providing a range of fundraising
tips and resources for WaterAid’s younger supporters.

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The site will feature WaterAid’s new online game ‘Turdlywinks,’ launched to promote
World Toilet Day (19 November). The game is based on Tiddlywinks, and players have
to flick turdlywink counters into toilet targets to achieve WaterAid’s vision of
100% sanitation coverage. But you have to be careful – miss and you’ll make a mess!

WaterAid say that Turdlywinks has so far proved very popular on the main site, and
Splash Out users are expected to get just as hooked.

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