Water-related donations in 2021

46 %

In 2021, 46 % of the Foundation’s donations fell within the Water category

92

million dkk

The Foundation donated 92m DKK to water projects in 2021

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

All donations
Every year in March, we publish an overview of all donations
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Water

Climate change challenges water access for forcibly displaced people

Climate change affects everyone. But it is the people least responsible for climate change whose lives and livelihoods are being hit the hardest. Around 80 per cent of the world's refugees and forcibly displaced people live in the most climate vulnerable countries in the world and are most impacted by climate change.
Water

The Knock-On Effect

The world finds itself in a storm of interconnected crises, all of which are making life worse for many of the world's children.
Water

Emergency assistance to Turkey and Syria

The Grundfos Foundation grants USD 577,000 (DKK 4 million) to four organizations providing emergency assistance to victims of the earthquakes striking Turkey and Syria Monday morning.
Water

Winter support for Pakistan's flood victims

The Grundfos Foundation has granted Oxfam 1.000.000 DKK to help fund essential winter kits, including items such as baskets, shawls, caps and mats to help people prepare for further challenging conditions that winter will bring.
Water

Accelerating better water management

C40 Cities launches Phase Two of the Water Safe Cities project to accelerate better water management following the successful delivery of Phase One of C40’s Water Safe Cities project, which found that climate-related flooding and drought expected to impact millions of people and cost world’s major cities $194 billion annually
Water

A busy #WorldWaterWeek

A busy week in the Swedish capitol Stockholm has ended and the Foundation and partners look back on five days of events and meetings with the global water community.
Water

Grundfos Foundation at 2022 World Water Week

Together with Grundfos Safe Water/Sustainability and various project partners, the Grundfos Foundation will host an exhibition at the World Water Week in Stockholm this coming week. With several side events and great people in the same place, we hope to cater for quality networking between our important connections within in the water world.
Water

Deforestation and Water Resource Management

In India, the Foundation works with Sunlit Future and local partners in several regions. One of them is Maharashtra, where the geology and deforestation has created very special difficulties for the local population.
Water

Climate-related flooding and drought expected to cost world’s major cities $194 billion annually

C40 Cities study finds that without urgent action, millions more people around the globe will face grave risks from river flooding, along with more frequent and severe drought by 2050. C40 city mayors will collaborate to develop and deliver upon data-driven commitments to address the impacts of drought and flooding in cities globally.
Safe water
Our philanthropic work directly supports UN Sustainable Goal 6 (Safe water and sanitation) through providing sustainable and affordable access to safe drinking water to the world's poorest.
Water projects
Water

Disaster
response

In the wake of a natural disaster, the Foundation can quickly reach out via our partners to help the victims with emergency safe water supplies. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the Foundation has expanded its donations to emergencies.

Partner

Oxfam GB, Norwegian church aid, Water Mission, WaterAid, Practical Action, UNICEF Denmark
Water

Project Flow

As a revolving fund mechanism, Project Flow invests in the capital expenditure, design, installation and ongoing maintenance of solar systems for water pumps.

Partner

UNHCR
Water

100 pumps for 100 villages

In most safe water projects, a development NGO will buy in a technical solution through a subcontractor, but in India, we’ve turned the relationship upside down as we work directly with a technology provider.

Partner

Sunlit Future
Water

World Water Week Communications Initiative

To build public awareness, ramp up pressure on decision-makers and foster behaviour change that supports climate goals, we need effective communication. But many don’t have the necessary tools. And it’s not as simple as it sounds.

Partner

SIWI
Water

Water for Kigoma Region

In partnership with UNICEF, the Foundation will bring access to clean drinking water to almost 200,000 people in 31 rural communities in Western Tanzania's Kigoma Region.

Partner

UNICEF Denmark
Water

Water and sanitation for Gambella (SunWASH)

In collaboration with PlanBørnefonden and the American NGO Water Mission, the Poul Due Jensen Foundation will ensure a stable and safe water supply, as well as the establishment of sanitation and hygiene training for over 118,500 people in several refugee camps in the Gambella Region in Ethiopia.

Partner

PlanBørnefonden, Water Mission
Water

Low Cost Sanitation and Water Model in Pakistan

Through Orangi Pilot Project Research and Training Institute, the Foundation is funding extension of water and sewerage lines in poor, underserved settlements in cities across Pakistan.

Partner

Orangi Pilot Project Research and Training Institute
Water

Water Safe Cities

With funding from the Grundfos Foundation, the C40 network (96 global megacities committed to fighting climate change) will develop state-of-the-art research on and solutions to urban water-related risks, helping cities adapt to the impacts of climate change and move towards a sustainable and water-resilient future.

Partner

C40
Water

Host communities in Western Tanzania

Nyarugusu Refugee Camp encompasses a huge area in Western Tanzania. All around it, smaller host communities are scattered. Inside the camp, you find all sorts of provisions that the host communities don’t necessarily have access to. With this project, we seek to address some of the political discussions that follow when international aid and resources pass through poor communities to be distributed within the camp.

Partner

Water Mission