Community Engagement in 2021

29

grants

In 2021, the Foundation awarded 29 Poul Due Jensen Community Engagement Grants for local causes across the globe.

1.9m

EUR

EUR 1.9 million in total were granted toward Community Engagement projects in 2021.

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You can find more information about our work in the Annual Review.

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World Toilet Day in Cebu

All over the world, people in informal settlements live a precarious life with poor access to water and sanitation. In the Philippines, the NGO Water & Life works with poor communities in Cebu to improve public health and minimize environmental pollution from human waste.

Handwashing keeps children in school

ACE Charity provides access to potable water and safe sanitation facilities for out-of-school children in the Kware Community in Nigeria. The students have adopted safe hygiene practices, allowing them to benefit from their education.

2.2m DKK in Community Engagement Grants is on its way

Seven new Community Engagement Grants and a special emergency funding grant were approved by the Grundfos Foundation to support community projects across Burkina Faso, Chile, China, Kenya, Spain, Togo, and Ukraine.

Driving local community impact through Community Engagement Grants

With the support of the Grundfos Foundation Community Engagement Grants, Grundfos employees are making their communities a better place by partnering with local organisations to meet real needs.

9 new Community Engagement Grants worth 4.5 million DKK awarded

The Grundfos Foundation has approved new Community Engagement Grants worth EUR 605,000 to support local projects across Denmark, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Summer camp in Serbia

Normally, Miroslav Petrovic works as a guard at the Grundfos group headquarters in Bjerringbro. Friday 8 July, he traveled to Serbia to attend a summer camp for disadvantaged children and young people.

Transforming access to water in Argentine communities

The Foundation's Community Engagement Grants bring water access and hygiene education to more than 15,000 people in Argentina.

Grants worth almost 12m DKK on their way to communities

The Foundation has approved community grants worth almost 9 million DKK (1,2m EUR) for local social initiatives all over the world. Additional emergency funding of 2.7m DKK (268,000 EUR) is also on the way to local organisations helping refugees in Poland Hungary and Slovakia.

Change the world through girls in sports

'Girls Saturday' is held the last Saturday of every month in 10 of the most marginalized communities in and around Freetown in Sierra Leone and the concept is simple – a full day where training pitches are dedicated to girls who wish to try to play football.