Water Mission Awarded Grant Supporting Disaster Response Readiness from The Grundfos Foundation - World
Summary
The grant will improve Water Missions readiness and capacity to quickly and efficiently respond to multiple disasters simultaneously.Water Mission has more than 20 years of experience responding to natural disasters and humanitarian crises in over 50 countries with both immediate and long-term safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) solutions. In the last year, Water Mission responded to the devastating earthquakes in Turkey, and most recently the flooding in East Africa, serving over 280,000 people affected by disasters, often collaborating with organizations such as UNICEF, Oxfam, USAIDs Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, World Central Kitchen, UN Migration (IOM), and others.In the wake of a disaster, it is a matter of life and death to have access to safe drinking water, and every second counts. We are making emergency funding available to our trusted partner at short notice to avoid unnecessary red tape and delays in getting help to those who need it.Emergency safe water access is critical for survival and recovery in every disaster. Water Mission actively works to coordinate efforts with local government authorities and other responding organizations to exceed these disaster relief standards.The Grundfos Foundations grant allows us to accelerate and expand our ability to respond to multiple disasters around the globe, said Water Mission CEO and President George Greene IV, PE. This provides us with the flexibility to have pre-positioned equipment ready to go in our warehouses and dedicated people set to deploy to future disasters.