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Water2Life

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Area: 5888268 km2
Countries:
Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
Cities:
Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: South Africa
Basins: Orange
Project SDGs:
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Increase Access to Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (SDG 6.1 & 6.2)
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Sustainable Withdrawals
Progress to Date: 60000 Increase access to sustainable water
Services Needed: Stakeholder engagement & facilitation
Desired Partner: Other
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2018  »  Dec. 31, 2024
Project Website: water2life.net
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Insufficient municipal water supply
Additional Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Beneficiaries: Other utilities
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: More than $500,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: pool
Project Challenges: RESOURCES: Not enough participants
Project Source: Admin
Profile Completion: 87%

Project Overview

Water2Life is a powerful employee-initiated and employee-driven program that works to bring clean water to communities in need on every continent. This year, our global employee-initiated and employee-driven programme Water2Life celebrated its 10th anniversary, providing basic water infrastructure for those in need in Kenya, Vietnam, and Honduras. While the programme has afocus on helping people in need, it indirectly strengthens our organizational culture by allowing employ…

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Water2Life is a powerful employee-initiated and employee-driven program that works to bring clean water to communities in need on every continent. This year, our global employee-initiated and employee-driven programme Water2Life celebrated its 10th anniversary, providing basic water infrastructure for those in need in Kenya, Vietnam, and Honduras. While the programme has afocus on helping people in need, it indirectly strengthens our organizational culture by allowing employees to participate and support our values in action. Donations come from employees, but the final amount is matched by both Grundfos and participating NGOs, so that every amount an employee donates is quadrupled. Since the programme started, a total of just over DKK 4.9 million has been raised to bring basic water to communities in the developing world, providing basic water to around 60,000 people. Our new goal is to fund and deliver basic water for an additional 100,000 people by 2030. Since 2017, we have been engaged in projects in Honduras with Water Mission. Our first project was at San Isidro Hospital in Tocoa, Col—n, and the second was at Froylan Turcios High School, also in Col—n. This year, we are wrapping up our projects in Honduras and donating DKK 221,000 to Palos Blancos, a small farming community close to the city San Pedro Sula where the water system was failing. We repaired and upgraded the system, adding new solar-powered pumps and water tanks and installing new pipes to connect every household, effectively delivering basic water to about 800 people.
Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Insufficient municipal water supply
Project Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Other utilities
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: More than $500,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners)
Challenges: RESOURCES: Not enough participants

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