Ua hoʻolaha ka ʻohi kālā o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana huakaʻi i ka nūhou kupaianaha i loaʻa ka helu kilokilo £ 1,000,000 i kāna makahiki 10 o ka hana.

"He hana hoʻolauleʻa maikaʻi loa ia a hoʻoikaika iā mākou e hele i ka miliona e hiki mai ana," wahi a Just a Drop ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka pelekikena ʻo Fiona Jeffery. "Ua hoʻolako kālā kēia kālā i nā papahana kōkua wai i ka honua holoʻokoʻa me ʻApelika, ʻAsia, ʻAmelika Hema, ka Middle East, a me ʻEulopa."

Ma ka huina, ua kōkua ʻo Just a Drop ma mua o 900,000 poʻe mai 28 mau ʻāina i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā luawai i pale ʻia, hoʻokomo i ka paipu, a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe.

"Makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i ka lehulehu i nā poʻe he nui i hāʻawi a kākoʻo nui iā mākou mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai mākou i kā mākou manaʻo 'drop-in-the-ocean' liʻiliʻi i ulu a lilo i hui i ʻike ʻia a mahalo nui ʻia," wahi a Jeffery.

Ua haʻaheo ʻo Jeffery, ka luna o ka World Travel Market, ua hoʻohana ʻo Reed Exhibitions iā Just a Drop ma ke ʻano he aloha aloha nui a ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia i kāna mea i wehewehe ai he "hoʻoikaika hui maoli."

Ua hoʻomaikaʻi aku ʻo ia i ka papa luna o Just a Drop, nā kākoʻo ʻoihana, a me nā poʻe e komo pū me Baroness Anelay o St. nā mea hoʻolaha ʻo Alastair Stewart, OBE, a me Stephen Sackur, ka mea hōʻike i ka papahana poʻokela o BBC World Hard Talk; a ʻo Tracy Edwards, MBE, ka mea i lanakila i ka kaulana ma ke ʻano he kapena o ka hui wahine mua loa i holo a puni ka honua ma ka Whitbread Round ma ka World Yacht Race.

Ua hāʻawi aku ʻo Jeffery i ka mahalo nui iā Kāpena Jim Masters, nona ka ʻike nui i ka mālama ʻana i nā hana āpau a Just a Drop a me Nikki Davis, ke kākau ʻōlelo ʻoihana, nāna i hana me ka luhi ʻole no ke kumu mai kona hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana a ʻo ia ke kuleana no ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana me ka Charity. Komisina.

"ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo i ke komo ʻana mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana ma ke ʻano he hana ʻohi kālā maʻalahi, e paipai ana i ka ʻoihana e hoʻihoʻi, e ulu ana ia i lilo i ke aloha kūʻokoʻa honua i kēia lā," wahi a Davis.

ʻO Col. John Blashford-Snell, ka pelekikena o Just a Drop, nāna i kōkua i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kākoʻo o nā ʻenekini wai manawaleʻa lehulehu, nā kauka, nā niho, a me nā kahu hānai i hele pinepine i nā wahi mamao loa i ka honua holoʻokoʻa. ka mea e make ana i ke ola me ka wai maemae ole.

“I ka wā ma mua, hele wāwae nā wahine a me nā keiki o kēia mau kaiāulu no nā hola i kēlā me kēia lā e ʻohi i ka wai maʻemaʻe. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaopopo wale i ke ʻano o kēia iā lākou ke ʻike ʻoe i ko lākou mau helehelena i ka pau ʻana o kahi papahana.

“ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka inu ʻana i nā kumu wai lepo a me nā maʻi, kaʻana pinepine ʻia e nā holoholona a me nā holoholona hihiu, hiki ke pepehi i nā keiki ma mua o ʻelima mau makahiki. ʻO ia ke kumu e make ai kahi pēpē a ʻōpiopio paha i kēlā me kēia 17 kekona ma kahi o ka honua.

"ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka wai maʻemaʻe he nui nā mea - ʻaʻole ia e kōkua wale i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke olakino o ke kaiāulu akā he hana koʻikoʻi i ke kōkua ʻana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻilihune a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka manawa no nā keiki e hele i ke kula."

"Ua hele lōʻihi mākou mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Just a Drop he ʻumi makahiki i hala, a ua hoʻololi ʻia nā tausani o nā ola," wahi a Jeffery. "He mea kaumaha, nui nā mea e hana ʻia, a pinepine mākou e hoʻohuli i ka poʻe i hele mai iā mākou no ke kōkua no ka lawa ʻole o ke kālā."

No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka hana a Just a Drop ma ke kula a pehea e hāʻawi ai i ka wā ʻahaʻaina, e kipa www.justadrop.org.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

“Little did I expect that having got involved from the outset as a simple fundraising initiative, encouraging the industry to give back, it would grow to become the independent global charity it is today,”.
Jim Masters, whose expertise has been invaluable in overseeing Just a Drop’s field operations and Nikki Davis, company secretary, who has worked tirelessly for the cause since its formation and was responsible for the all important registration with the Charity Commission.
Jeffery, chairman of World Travel Market, is proud that Reed Exhibitions recently adopted Just a Drop as its flagship charity and has paid tribute to what she describes as a “true team effort.