At the beginning of the year, residents of the Andean village of Alto Veladero began the first preparatory work for the construction of the CloudFisher fog collectors. According to the contract, the farmers participate in digging the trenches that are necessary for laying the water pipes. A good 1000 metres long is the trench that Weiterlesen
This year, the tradition of distributing donkeys to needy families in Ethiopia was again upheld and filled with life. Thanks to the WaterFoundation, 50 more women are now the proud owners of such a useful beast of burden. The donkeys make the women’s and girls’ daily lives easier, which largely consists of fetching clean drinking Weiterlesen
Anyone who gets thirsty during a visit to the Regional Garden Show 2021 in Überlingen on Lake Constance will be helped – and can do some good at the same time. The large water altar designed by Berlin artist Tina Zimmermann (www.tinaz.net) will make visitors aware that precious water is a valuable resource. It rises Weiterlesen
The WaterFoundation family mourns the loss of its benefactor and founder Henner Lang, who passed away shortly after his 77th birthday on 25 April 2021 as a result of a corona infection. Our thoughts are with his family: his wife, daughter, two sons and grandchildren. Henner Lang was torn from the middle of an active Weiterlesen
In March 2021, the lives of many people in Ethiopia’s Oromia region improved significantly. Until then, people living near the Gafarssa spring had no clean water for drinking, cooking, washing dishes and washing hands. The inhabitants had to transport the water over long distances or use the polluted water. Drinking water for farm animals also Weiterlesen
The quality of the water in our existing and new water supply projects needs to be checked regularly. With the new mobile testing equipment for our project partner EDA-E in Ethiopia, the WaterFoundation has now significantly improved and facilitated these checks. Eagerly awaited delivery arrived safely Engineer Fekadu Aleka wrote by return of post after Weiterlesen
Standing up for a good cause is not a question of age. When Ellen, Emma, Hannah, Hilke, Luisa and Rosi from Pasing heard about the fact that there are girls in Africa who cannot go to school because they are busy every day scooping water for their families at distant water holes and then having Weiterlesen
On 25 November 2020, the new Chairwoman Dr. Beate Grotehans was interviewed by Katrin Bacher from HTI on the guidelines and objectives of the WasserStiftung. Drinking quality running water and flushing toilets are quite normal for people in Bavaria, said Grotehans. All too often people forget that 4 billion people worldwide do not have proper Weiterlesen
The political situation in Eritrea has long been very tense. Many Christians are persecuted because of their religion and are leaving the country. Some seek refuge in the capital of neighbouring Ethiopia. In Addis Ababa, for example, there are hundreds of thousands of so-called “Urban Refugees”. The volunteer group “Release Eritrea” is supporting these homeless Weiterlesen
At the end of November, thanks to numerous helpers, a container could be loaded which will be shipped to Tanzania this year. On board are, among other things, components for eight more CloudFisher fog collectors, numerous gutters and down pipes, solar cookers and 60 bicycles for the children in the schools of the Babati district, Weiterlesen