24 | 25 Ann Akopi fetching water at the newly installed Water2Life project in Kambi ya Juu. "It is really exciting being here and seeing with my own eyes how the inhabitants of the village benefit from the Water2Life project. It is great to see that we have made a real difference", Henriette Nygaard says. The first goal of Water2Life is to donate and implement 10 water projects in small villages in Kenya. SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH PARTNERSHIP AND CORE COMPETENCES Thus, the partnership with the Red Cross ensures that the water projects are sustainable in the long-term as regards technical, environmental, economical and social factors. Grundfos Brings Water2Life is one way in which Grundfos strives to make a difference and meet the MDG targets. TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE UN Millennium Development Goals Grundfos Brings Water2Life is based on a unique partnership between Grundfos and the Danish Red Cross, which each provide core competences and technology to the water projects. www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ With LIFELINK, Grundfos contributes to fulfilling the UN Millennium Development goals: . Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger . Achieve universal, primary education . Promote gender equality and empower women . Reduce child mortality . Improve maternal health . Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases . Ensure environmental sustainability . Develop global development partnership WATER2LIFE CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL UN GOALS Grundfos Brings Water2Life was launched on 1 June 2010 and, from the very first day, the project created shared value for Grundfos and society at large. To many Grundfos employees, the programme fosters motivation and pride by giving them an opportunity to aid people in need. And thanks to these committed Grundfos employees more Kenyan people, just as Ann Akopi, will soon be spared the long walk to dirty brooks and instead enjoy access to safe water every day for many years to come. IT IS REALLY EXCITING BEING HERE AND SEEING WITH MY OWN EYES HOW THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE BENEFIT FROM THE WATER2LIFE PROJECT. IT IS GREAT TO SEE THAT WE HAVE MADE A REAL DIFFERENCE HENRIETTE NYGAARD, BOOKKEEPING ASSISTANT AT GRUNDFOS Grundfos is responsible for installing the solar-powered LIFELINK water systems, providing technical training of the villagers, and maintaining the water systems on an ongoing basis. The Danish Red Cross and their local partner, the Kenya Red Cross Society, apply their vast experience in community development by overseeing the project implementation and training the villages in health, hygiene and the importance of safe water. Grundfos is committed to fulfil the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in which water plays a significant role. It is the targets of MDG to halve the amount of people without sustainable access to safe water before 2015. Today, one billion people around the world have no access to safe water. As a consequence, 200,000 people are dying every month – half of them are children under the age of five. Access to safe water is one of the most important factors in creating sustainable development. LIFELINK and Global Compact With LIFELINK, Grundfos supports the UN Global Compact principle 1 by supporting and respecting the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights. LIFEKLINK creates access to safe drinking water, and water is a human right. Furthermore, as user payments are automatically collected, a LIFELINK system is corruption-free. In this way, Grundfos also supports UN Global Compact principle 10 by working against corruption in Africa.
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