Water & Development

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.

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.

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.

The Grundfos Foundation is setting aside DKK 7.5 million to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, which the organization can draw on with just 24 hours' notice. The agreement enables UNHCR to respond quickly and effectively to acute crises and emergencies – which is critical at a time when the humanitarian sector is facing a severe funding crisis.

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.

A violent, escalating, and still largely overlooked conflict is currently unfolding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). More than six million people, including 3.5 million children, are internally displaced, while lack of access to everything from clean water to basic healthcare services is threatening children’s safety and well-being.

Over the next two years, the Grundfos Foundation will contribute a total of DKK5 million to the Danish Refugee Council’s Global Emergency Response Fund.

More than a year of intense conflict finally came to a halt when a ceasefire in Gaza was agreed on January 15. This marks a crucial turning point for Gaza’s war-stricken civilian population, including hundreds of thousands of children.

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.