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Local Community Engagement 2020-09-17

Helping out in Sao Paolo, Brazil

A new Poul Due Jensen Community Engagement Grant will sponsor 100,000 meals for vulnerable people in Brazil. Local Grundfos staff will volunteer to help distribute the meals.
Combating arsenic poisoning in Nepal 2020-09-09

Coronavirus Response in Nepal

Since 2017, Oxfam and the Grundfos Foundation have been working together alongside local partners in Nepal, developing new sustainable models to supply rural communities with professionalised safe water services. As Coronavirus swept across the globe, the need for such services, as well as support for the country’s health system, became even more urgent.
Local Community Engagement 2020-09-03

Keeping Indonesian health workers safe

With the COVID-19 cases increasing the world over as well as in Indonesia, the concern for the safety of the health workers has come to the forefront. The availability of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is one of the most important elements to support those at the frontline in combating against this pandemic.
Water dowsing with science 2020-08-19

Meet the researchers | Water Dowsing with Science

Together, the Grundfos Foundation and Aarhus University GeoScience present three sessions under the umbrella of this year's World Water Week. The sessions are a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with the people behind a new powerful tool for underground water resource mapping and management.
News 2020-08-18

New partnership to amplify water’s story

In 2021, SIWI will leverage the World Water Week platform to improve the quality, accuracy, and intensity of reporting and storytelling on water through capacity building for journalists and communicators under the World Water Week Communications Initiative – all thanks to a grant from the Grundfos Foundation.
Disaster
response 2020-08-14

A helping hand to Kibera Town Centre

The Grundfos Foundation has granted USD 100,000 to the Human Needs Project, covering four months of free WASH services to 80,000 residents of the Kibera slum in Kenya's capitol, Nairobi.
Disaster
response 2020-08-10

UNICEF support for children in Beirut

UN and UNICEF Denmark release emergency funds targeted for children in Beirut with support from the Grundfos Foundation.
Local Community Engagement 2020-07-09

30,000 face shields for Doctors without Borders (MSF)

Across the globe, health systems are in urgent need of personal protective equipment. Shortages and soaring prices of crucial items such as masks and aprons – make it difficult to allow essential medical services to stay open. The Grundfos Foundation is therefore donating 30,000 face shields to Doctors without Borders.
Disaster
response 2020-07-06

Hand hygiene training resources from Water Mission

The Foundation's US-based partner, Water Mission, has developed a number of resources to support hand hygiene promotion. The resources are available for free download and re-use.
Safe water and sanitation in Togo 2020-06-30

Reducing risk of COVID-19 among refugees in Ethiopia

Access to clean water, information and sanitary products: Three key elements in PlanBørnefonden (Plan International)'s activities to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Ethiopia's refugee camps.
Local Community Engagement 2020-06-17

The Foundation awards 10 new Community Engagement Grants

On 4 June, the Board of Directors of the Grundfos Foundation awarded 10 new Poul Due Jensen Community Engagement Grants for local project partnerships involving Grundfos companies around the world . The donations of 2.7m DKK mean the Foundation has now allocated 4.3m DKK of the 20m DKK grant framework agreed earlier this year.
Disaster
response 2020-06-15

Support for COVID-19 prevention in Ghana and Niger

The Foundation has granted 2.4m DKK (USD 350,000) to support World Vision's Global Health Emergency Response activities in Ghana and Niger.