succEssful coopEratIoN ENsurEs clEaN watEr IN kENya Grundfos Lifelink is working in cooperation with the Kenyan government. Through sustainable water systems they provide clean drinking water to some of the poorest people in the world. Grundfos is working in close cooperation with the kenyan government to bring clean water to poor areas of kenya. up to now, the kenyan state has financed five Grundfos Lifelink water systems, which are owned and operated by water supply companies under licence from the kenyan ministry for water. The Grundfos Lifelink water system, which has been specially designed to supply clean drinking water to villages and rural areas in developing countries, ensures that thousands of kenyans have access to clean drinking water every day. when implementing a new water project, Grundfos Lifelink works in cooperation with the kenyan government and the regional ‘district water Officers’, as they are known. These water officers have extensive local knowl“cooperation across sectors and continents are crucial if we are to find solutions to water shortage problems which affect a lot of people in kenya. The innovative action from Grundfos is a promising example of how the private sector can help to provide sustainable solutions,” edge and point out which areas have no water supply. when this has been done, Grundfos Lifelink deal with the technical screening of the borehole and tests the water quality before the water system is implemented. Besides the kenyan government, the danish development aid organisation danida, which operates under the danish ministry of foreign affairs, has also financed Lifelink water systems in kenya. says ida auken, danish minister for the environment. Water system with growing pains at present, almost 1 billion people in the world do not have access to clean drinking water. 200,000 people, half of them children under 5, die every single month because of waterborne diseases . residents of rural areas in kenya used to walk several kilometres and often collect water from contaminated rivers and pools. since the start of the project in kenya in 2009, 38 Grundfos Lifelink water systems have been commissioned. This guarantees that almost 100,000 kenyans have access to clean drinking water. Of the total of 38 projects, five projects have been financed by the kenyan state and these are now owned and run by public kenyan water supply companies. Other water systems are financed by other development organisations such as the red cross, unicef and the world food programme. “Long-term access to clean water is one of the first steps towards development, and in this way, the Grundfos Lifelink solutions are capable of providing the basis for sustainable development for the poorest people in the world,”, says peter Todbjerg Hansen, managing director at Grundfos Lifelink. Grundfos Lifelink wins global sustainability award The initiative in kenya is attracting attention on an international scale. at the un rio+20 summit, Grundfos was honoured for its efforts to ensure clean drinking water to the poorest countries of the world, when Grundfos Lifelink won the renowned world Business and development award. This award is given to innovative business models which help to improve social, financial and environmental conditions. Grundfos Lifelink was also added to sustainia100, a prestigious list of sustainable solutions to the world’s environmental challenges. Success spreading in the wake of its success in kenya, Grundfos is now extending Lifelink to other countries in africa. Grundfos is working in cooperation with the ugandan ministry of water on four pilot projects to examine whether the system can be incorporated in the water sector here as well. vIsIoN Grundfos Lifelink will become a global leader in innovative water solutions for the developing world. we contribute to sustainable development by creating and applying cutting edge technologies, business models and partnership structures. we are ever committed to improving quality of life for people living in poverty while caring for the planet. 16 / ceO waTer mandaTe 2012 ceO waTer mandaTe 2012 / 17
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