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Our Charity of the Month for October is WaterAid. Clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene are basic human rights. They should be a normal part of daily life for everyone, everywhere – but they aren't. WaterAid work with in some of the toughest places in the world and since 1981, across 28 countries, they have already reached 28.1 million with clean water and 28.8 million with decent toilets. However, 771 million people around the world still don’t have access to water close to home – that’s 1 in 10 people – hence the need for that charity's ongoing work.

You can read more about the charity and donate via their website: https://www.wateraid.org/uk/. Also click the 'Read more' button below to find out more about the work of WaterAid in Malawi.

On the basis that:

1. The world is facing a severe crisis of environmental degradation and climate change that affects our ability to sustain human civilisation in its present form;
2. The main cause of the crisis is human activity;
3. The crisis is inextricably linked to global injustices and inequality;
4. The crisis indicates a failure of human beings to follow God’s mandate to care for the world and to seek justice among its peoples;

We, the leaders and members of Christ Church, Julian Rd, Bath, want to publicly recognise a Climate and Environmental Emergency, and commit ourselves to:

1. Examining our lives individually and corporately in relation to this crisis, and seeking to live faithfully to God;
2. Bringing forward by April 2022 an action plan to minimise our negative corporate impact on the environment and climate and to help restoration where possible;
3. Encouraging our members to make relevant lifestyle changes appropriate to their circumstances;
4. Encouraging action on this emergency in our neighbourhoods, workplaces and other spheres of activity;
5. Using whatever influence we may have to bring about positive actions by local and national government and by corporations.