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Disaster
response 2023-02-09

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.

Disaster
response 2022-11-21

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 Safe Cities 2022-09-13

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 in Communications 2022-09-02

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 in Communications 2022-08-28

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.

100 pumps for 100 villages 2022-08-27

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 Safe Cities 2022-06-22

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.

Project Flow 2022-06-13

New green UNHCR initiative to transform refugees’ access to clean water

A new initiative, launched today, will substantially improve the way in which clean water is provided in refugee communities: Project Flow will replace diesel-run pumps with solar-powered water pumps in six climate-vulnerable countries across Africa. This will benefit up to 800,000 refugees and host community members and drastically reduce CO2 emissions.

100 pumps for 100 villages 2022-03-18

A game-changer in India

DKK 5.5 million are on their way to India, where the Foundation's trusted partner Sunlit Future collaborates with local NGOs to provide sustainable access to water in underprivileged tribal and rural communities. Over the years, the partnership has helped create a new standard for rural water projects.

Kenya 23 - next level 2022-03-08

Water is a must for girls in school

Girls’ educational opportunities are particularly affected by the global water crisis. Not only can contaminated water make them too sick to attend school, but they also typically shoulder the burden of collecting water for their families. Losing out on an education impacts their economic prospects in the future.

Water in Communications 2022-01-17

Continued support for World Water Week Communications Initiative

To help journalists and communicators improve their understanding of water and better their communication skills, the World Water Week Communications Initiative was initiated as a pilot programme in 2021. Based on the success of the programme, the Foundation will continue funding it the coming years.

Combating arsenic poisoning in Nepal 2022-01-10

Multi-level collaboration: the key to fast, effective COVID-19 response in Nepal

Oxfam looks back on the past year's collaborative efforts to combat the second COVID-19 wave in Nepal.