Restaurant introduces tap water charge for 'incredible' reason

Mexican restaurant Madre has added a £1 charge to bills for tap water - but there's a good reason for it.

To mark International Women’s Day, Madre have launched a fundraising initiative working with Mexican food tour company Eat Like A Local, to support women in Mexico City with their education and opportunities.

Born and bred in Mexico City, Rocio Vazquez Landeta founded the food tour company Eat Like Local in 2018. After a string of abusive relationships and having to flee her own home, Rocio realised she stayed in these relationships because she couldn’t afford to leave.

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If Rocio needed financial independence to fix her situation, it was likely other women were in the same boat. Eat Like A Local now works to support young females in the La Merced and Jamaica Markets, using funds raised by their tours to teach girls English, educate them on different countries and cultures, widen their knowledge of sexual education and feminism and teach them about financial independence helping them plan and save for their future.

To support the programme, this month Madre will be adding a £1 donation to bills when serving tap water. These donations will be collated and sent to Rocio and the team with the specific aim of helping one woman in particular who is currently trying to save money to study outside of Mexico due to the mafia becoming increasingly violent in her market.

Rocio said: "The main goal of the program is to expose kids from La Merced and Jamaica Markets to kindness, feminism, inclusion, respect, and love. We teach them to say no, that their voice matter, that they can leave any