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Disaster
response 2020-01-08

Support for UNICEF disaster relief fund

The Grundfos Foundation (Poul Due Jensen Foundation) commits to supporting UNICEF Denmark's fund for disaster relief preparedness: Emergencies 365.
Nyarugusu Refugee Camp 2019-10-30

Solar-powered drinking water for 200,000 in Western Tanzania

On 24 October, after three years of work, the Foundation inaugurated Borehole 2 in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp. With the last of three boreholes in use, the Foundation's water projects provide drinking water for almost 150,000 refugees in Western Tanzania. The Foundation could also celebrate having reached over 50,000 Tanzanians in poor rural communities outside the camp.
News 2019-10-03

The Foundation awards 11 Employee Prizes in 2019

15 employees from all over the world were celebrated at the Poul Due Jensen Academy this Thursday as they formally received the Poul Due Jensen Foundation's employee awards; the Social Responsibility Award, Scholarship and Innovation Award.
News 2019-10-03

Professor Morten Mattrup Smedskjær, AAU, wins 2019 Grundfos Prize

Jens Maaløe, Chairman of the Poul Due Jensen Foundation and the Grundfos Prize Jury, awarded the 2019 Grundfos Prize to Professor Morten Mattrup Smedskjær at the prize ceremony in Bjerringbro, Thursday 3 October.
News 2019-09-24

Professor Flemming Konradsen joins the Board of Directors

Flemming Konradsen has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Poul Due Jensen Foundation, majority shareholder of the Grundfos Group. Flemming Konradsen, 54, is professor and head of section at Copenhagen University's department of Global Health.
Disaster
response 2019-09-10

Emergency relief for victims of Hurricane Dorian

DKK 250,000/USD 37,000 of emergency relief funding for the victims of the Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas is on its way to Water Mission.
News 2019-06-17

A flexible laboratory setup

At Aalborg University (AAU), things are moving. The Smart Water Lab financed by the Poul Due Jensen Foundation is ready for the formal inauguration on Thursday 20 June. The setup with 14 lab modules, each with a specific functionality, will allow the research group to simulate and test advanced real-life water systems as of spring of 2019.
Kenya 23 - next level 2019-06-14

Asante sana

We recently received a very moving video from Segara community through our partners in Water Mission Kenya. 'Asante sana' means 'thank you very' much in Swahili.
Safe water and sanitation in Togo 2019-06-03

Water and data flow in Togo

After a succesful installation mission to Togo's Plateaux Region, the two villages of Bouré and Iko-Akpa now enjoy improved access to drinking water. The Poul Due Jensen Foundation and its partners will be able to harvest real-time data on the performance of the pilot system which combines solar panels, saltwater batteries and an SQ Flex submersible pump.
News 2019-05-09

Danish contestants for 2019 Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Three students from Egaa Gymnasium*, Tobias Washeim, Kristian Katholm Nielsen og Sebastian Lykke Dalsgaard, wins Stockholm Junior Water Prize - Denmark for their project detecting micro-plastics in water.
AU Centre for Digital Twins 2019-05-09

Gathering a Digital Twins ‘dream team’ in Aarhus

6 May 2019 marked the official opening of the new Centre for Digital Twins at Aarhus University's Department of Engineering. Centre lead, Professor Peter Gorm Larsen, presented his dream team that will make up the core of the Centre. The team will make it their mission to bring Digital Twins from hype to reality and explore the possibilities and limits of the concept.
News 2019-04-10

New Chairman of the Poul Due Jensen Foundation

The Foundation has elected Jens Maaløe, 64, as its new Chairman of the Board.