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Sustainable Water Services 2025-12-18

Guardians of clean water: united for safety, driven by ownership

The sound of flowing water is transforming life in Buhingu Village, perched along the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania’s Kigoma Region. For the first time, families here no longer fear what it takes to collect water, because clean, safe water now runs through their own taps.

Sustainable Water Services 2025-12-01

Solarizing water systems for refugees and their hosts through innovative finance

With Project Flow, UNHCR is pioneering a smarter way to solarize diesel-run water systems while cutting costs, reducing emissions, and improving daily life for people forced to flee and their hosting communities.

Urban water resilience 2025-09-23

Sustainable Water-based cooling in Megacities

Singapore and Denmark pioneer sustainable cooling for megacities, supported by US$9.4 million from Grundfos Foundation. This is the Grundfos Foundation’s largest individual research grant to date and the first to include a university outside Denmark.

Sustainable Water Services 2025-04-08

Historic Danish public-private partnership with World Food Programme

A new three-year initiative expanding home-grown school meals in East Africa is backed by USD 40 million in co-financing from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Grundfos Foundation.

Urban water resilience 2025-01-07

C40 and the Grundfos Foundation expand partnership to help cities achieve water resilience

The Grundfos Foundation has renewed its support for the Water Safe Cities programme with a commitment of US$ 3.64 million (DKK 25.5 million) over the next three years for C40 Cities, the global network of nearly 100 cities committed to urgent and equitable climate action.

Urban water resilience 2024-11-21

Research-practice collaboration to tackle immediate and future urban water challenges

A new collaboration between the Queen Mary Center, Professor of Political Science Michele Betsill, and C40 will investigate the transformative potential of high ambition city commitments within urban water management and resilience building.

Sustainable Water Services 2024-10-25

Water as a job creator for youth in Togo

With DKK 20 m in funding from the Grundfos Foundation, PlanBørnefonden will use water as a lever for job creation among young people in Togo. The project combines the Foundation’s expertise in water with PlanBørnefonden’s many years of experience in job creation for youth to create sustainable future prospects for young people in the West African country.

Sustainable Water Services 2024-08-25

Kigoma partnership enters the 2024 World Water Week

At 2024 World Water Week in Stockholm , the Grundfos Foundation shines a light on its important partnership with UNICEF and Water Mission in Western Tanzania’s Kigoma Region through an interactive photo exhibition.

Sustainable Water Services 2024-05-28

Denmark, Kenya, and Three Philanthropic Foundations Shape the Future of Refugee Aid

Two out of three refugees experience prolonged humanitarian crises lasting several years, often even decades. Meanwhile, refugee camps have traditionally been designed and run as temporary solutions for acute crises. A new partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the LEGO Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Grundfos Foundation supports Kenya's ambitions to move away from a temporary approach, benefiting both refugees and local communities.

Sustainable Water Services 2024-03-22

Joining hands to transform lives through provision of clean drinking water

Life in Kaguruka village has drastically changed for schools, health facilities, households, and children who have access to clean drinking water. This has especially lifted the burden off women carrying water for long distances and reduced the financial strain caused by excessive medical expenses. The time previously spent fetching water is now being used by parents to focus on other income-gaining opportunities.

Sustainable Water Services 2023-11-23

Expansion of successful water and sanitation programme in Ethiopia

Grundfos Foundation and Plan International expand successful water programme in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. Grundfos technology and Plan's local knowledge will ensure sustainable water supply for refugees from South Sudan and Ethiopians in Gambella.

Urban water resilience 2023-11-22

C40 launches Water Safe Cities Accelerator

Today, C40 Cities announced the launch of the Water Safe Cities Accelerator, a groundbreaking initiative involving major cities from around the globe in a concerted effort to combat the escalating challenges of flooding and drought, bolster urban resilience and sustainability by 2030.