COVID-19
Rapid action saves lives in Ethiopia’s refugee camps
Many hundreds of thousands of people live in Ethiopia’s refugee camps. A lot of them have fled the civil war in neighboring South Sudan. These are people who have left…
Stories of change from Northern Burundi
Nizigama Bella Floreine is one of the Marembo Health Centre managers and she is also a committee member of Marembo water point. She says that when she started her job…
Developing a water quality-based COVID-19 surveillance tool for non-sewered settlements
Wastewater scientists around the world have been tracking the genetic material of coronavirus in the sewer systems. Using the knowledge that infected patients shed the virus in their stools and…
More trials needed to back up evidence on coronavirus treatment
The international research team behind the Living Systematic Review published their first findings. “Our results show that dexamethasone and remdesivir might be beneficial for COVID-19 patients, but the certainty of…
Helping out in Sao Paolo, Brazil
An application from Grundfos Brazil has secured the Associação Franciscana de Solidariedade (SEFRAS) a grant worth DKK 957,000 (~150,000 USD) to respond to the urgent need arisen from the COVID-19…
Keeping Indonesian health workers safe
Through its community engagement grant, the Foundation has donated funds to a the humanitarian NGO, Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT Foundation) to provide PPE kits to two COVID-19 Referral Hospitals in…
A helping hand to Kibera Town Centre
The Kibera slum is predicted to become one of the major epicenters of the COVID-19 outbreak in the coming days, weeks and months. It is well established that Africa is…
30,000 face shields for Doctors without Borders (MSF)
The Grundfos Foundation is donating 30,000 face shields to Doctors without Borders, designed, 3D printed, assembled, packaged and shipped by dedicated Grundfos employees. The first shipment with around 22,000 pieces…
Hand hygiene training resources from Water Mission
In early April, Water Mission received 10,2m DKK (1.5m USD) for extra hygiene in all of our joint projects (primarily Tanzania, Kenya and Indonesia), i.e. by establishing hand-washing facilities at…
Reducing risk of COVID-19 among refugees in Ethiopia
”I am one of the poorest around here. I sell coffee and tea along the road, but since my husband passed away in September, I haven’t been able to afford…
The Foundation awards 10 new Community Engagement Grants
Almost half of the funds (1.3m DKK) have been allocated to four outreach projects in Africa: GiveBackGhana, Ghana: DKK 147.000 | GiveBackGhana and Grundfos Ghana will provide food and sanitation…
Support for COVID-19 prevention in Ghana and Niger
World Vision’s global COVID-19 emergency response aims to provide targeted support to reach at least 72 million people globally, focusing on situations of pre-existing vulnerability and fragility, where children are…
Protecting vulnerable communities from coronavirus
Practical Action and the Grundfos Foundation (Poul Due Jensen Foundation) have been working on a project for the past year to improve access to drinking water for 72,000 of Kenya’s…
Four local Grundfos projects receive Foundation funding
Philippines: DKK 286,000 (~PHP 2 million) for 8 SOS Childrens’ Villages The SOS Childrens’ Villages in the Philippines are the homes of 957 children who would otherwise be on the…