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Local Community Engagement 2024-02-19

Ugandan school girls make their own reusable sanitary pads

Through local leadership, innovation, and commitment to unlocking female potential, ECO-PADS helps to empower a new generation of young females by providing access to menstrual hygiene materials, offering reproductive health education, and strengthening the local support networks.
News 2024-01-26

13 grants for Grundfos’ local community engagement projects

The Foundation distributes EUR 755,000 to 13 new Community Engagement Projects where Grundfos employees reach out in their communities all over the world.
News 2024-01-12

Danish position of strength in water technology is threatened by lack of research support

The first mapping of water technology research in Denmark, which aims to provide insight into and create dialogue on the further development of the conditions for water technology research, reveals a large backlog in public research funding compared to other industries.
Local Community Engagement 2024-01-08

Volunteering at home

Sunday Chukwudi Okoro lives and works in Bjerringbro, Denmark, but a Community Engagement Project allowed him to support the Nigerian community where he grew up.
News 2023-12-13

Novo Nordisk Foundation and Grundfos Foundation partner with UNHCR to strengthen inclusive health care for refugees and host communities in Kenya

The two Danish foundations commit $9 million to support the transition to an inclusive health system in Turkana County in Kenya, as part of a new Danish public-private alliance that sets the stage for the opening of the Global Refugee Forum 2023.
News 2023-12-12

TeachWell project supports safe and healthy learning environments for children

The IRC, LEGO Foundation, and Grundfos Foundation launch a new $27 million program aimed at enhancing teaching and learning experiences among refugee and host community children in Kenya.
Local Community Engagement 2023-12-08

A sustainable water supply for Ol Pejeta Conservancy and communities

With the support of the Grundfos Foundation, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, has solarised the Ngobit borehole, providing a critical water supply for wildlife. Reduced river abstraction also supports downstream communities whose livelihoods are dependent on rainfed agriculture.
Water and sanitation for Gambella (SunWASH) 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.
Water and sanitation for Gambella (SunWASH) 2023-11-19

SunWASH: Life-saving toilets

2023 World Toilet Day: Around the globe, 3.5 billion people lack access to safe toilet facilities. Bad hygiene is a killer, and it can only be fought with better sanitation and hygiene.
News 2023-11-16

Sustainable lake restoration: From the bottom to the crop

The 2023 Grundfos Prize keynote was delivered by Ass. Professor Kasper Retzel, University if Southern Denmark. He is part of a wider consortium of universities that we have put together to figure out how we can save our lakes from the deadly nutrients that wash out of Denmark's over-cultivated soil. And maybe even build technologies to recycle valuable natural resources.
News 2023-11-15

2023 Grundfos Prize Student Awards

Awards for 3 talented Grundfos students were handed out at the 2023 Grundfos Prize Ceremony on 9 November.