Articles and news
March 10 is a special day, I will go to work in pajamas...
8 March 2023
It's not because I'm lazy to put on my suit or because my alarm clock didn't ring this morning (although that happens to me too often) but to support a cause that is particularly close to our hearts at Un Verre d' Water.
Pajama Day is an event invented by our Belgian friends to raise awareness of the cause of children in long-term hospitalization. Participate with us in this special day and maybe win a beautiful pajamas 😉!
Every hour counts!
February 10 2023
A magnitude 7,8 earthquake struck Turkey and northern Syria on Monday February 6 causing the destruction of several major cities including Kahramanmaras the epicenter and Aleppo in Syria. The latest assessment indicates at least 20 dead but it continues to increase!
The concern is now for the 300 people who find themselves without housing but also without drinking water in freezing cold and even in the snow. With each natural disaster, too many people are dying either from preventable diseases or from drinking unsafe water.
Milk and Love!
15 Janvier 2023
Coming to Chad at the age of 20, Monique Burkhardt was entrusted with two abandoned newborns, doomed to certain death. For her and her husband Jeanpierre, this is the beginning of a great story in the service of Chadian orphans. Since then, the small structure has grown and has become the Betsaleel orphanage, which will save and accompany more than 150 children until adulthood.
The couple continued their work as far as the capital, N'Djamena, then handed over to local teams. After 50 years of mission, Monique looks back on the exceptional adventure which led her and her husband to give milk and love to the orphan children of Chad and to accompany them until adulthood.
To dream in plastic arts is to dream of life
21 September 2022
The NOC Association! organizes, animates and creates plastic arts workshops in Paris hospitals, for children and adolescents hospitalized for a very long period.
These plastic arts workshops aim to offer a window of imagination, creativity and expression, giving them a moment of escape throughout their treatment.
Madagascar: After the storm!
July 29 2022
In just one month, three cyclones have hit the island of Madagascar. Thousands of families suddenly found themselves in need but thanks to your generosity, they can now envisage a future!
Ukraine: The dawn of a global food crisis!
June 25, 2022
The war in Ukraine caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Europe, 5.9 million Ukrainians left the country (mainly women and children).
But this war does not only have repercussions in Europe, it risks causing a major food crisis in North Africa and the Middle East!