page 34 | 35 65% WATER STRESS IT IS ESTIM ATED THAT BY 2025, 65 PER CENT OF THE WORLD’S POPUL ATION WILL LIVE IN WATER STRESSED AREAS. A hope for clean water in Vietnam The Water2Life employee programme has expanded to a new continent. In Vietnam there is water everywhere, but most of it is polluted. At least 60 per cent of the rural population does not have access to clean drinking water. F or the inhabitants of the Vietnamese village Hoi Nghia, the only alternative to collecting rainwater is to use the water from the canal. But the water is polluted with chemicals from the rice paddies and orchards, heavy metals from the industries along the Mekong River and droppings from animals and humans. Thanks to Water2Life, the inhabitants will hopefully have access to clean drinking water soon. Water2Life is Grundfos’ global programme where employees from the entire group create events, campaigns and fund-raisings to collect money in order to provide access to clean water for poor people all over the world. Thanks to the employees’ contribution, Water2Life completed its work in Kenya with water systems for 11 poor com- munities, and now the project has moved to Vietnam to help people. “Grundfos employees have already funded sustainable, solar-driven water systems for the first two communities in the Mekong Delta. We’re extremely impressed by their commitment,” says Vibeke Tuxen, Coordinator of the Water2Life programme. The East Meets West NGO is responsible for implementing the project in collaboration with the locals and the authorities. They also provide hygiene and sanitation training to make sure that the clean water actually leads to changes in the communities. Follow the fund-raising for Water2Life at www.water2life.net
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