POUL DUE JENSEN FOUNDATION WATER Mission statement What? Initiatives Funding sustainable, resilient and affordable safe water projects. Why? Safe water is a scarce resource and the global water crisis a top 10 risk globally. 29 per cent of the world’s population lacks access to safe water. How? Initiatives Working in long-term partnerships with selected NGO’s with proven experience in water projects. Why? NGO’s are our main tool to reach our beneficiaries and our objective. Their expertise and professionalism is our key to maximise the impact of the water projects. Partnership is a core value of the Foundation and the best way to ensure mutual development and learning. For whom? Initiatives In poor, rural communities in developing countries and the world’s forgotten refugee camps. Why? Rural communities because they are home to 80 per cent of the people without access to water. Refugee camps because 60 million refugees in the world live in areas with too little water or water that is too dirty. For how long? Initiatives Staying engaged until there is a resilient, institutionalised structure in place to ensure financial sustainability. Why? Systems that are not resilient and sustainable will eventually fail. Failure would be an irresponsible use of the funds earned through the hard work of Grundfos employees. The responsibility of maintenance and operation needs to be secured by a recognised group representing the community; however, it may take years to reach that point. 9
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