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In addition to a delegation of the WaterFoundation from Germany, numerous Ethiopian representatives from politics, industry and administration were present when the 60-year-old engineer Fekadu Aleka was awarded the Hundertwasser Prize 2020 for his merits at a ceremony in the German embassy. The International Hundertwasser Prize, which is endowed with 5,000 euros, was awarded for Weiterlesen

One of the large water supply projects developed by the WaterFoundation together with its partner organisation Environmentalists Development Association – Ethiopia (EDA-E) in Ethiopia was inaugurated after two years of construction in February 2020 and handed over to the population. The team of the WaterFoundation was welcomed enthusiastically by the inhabitants of the villages Bilaa Weiterlesen

Board member Dr. Beate Grotehans finally is relieved: After a few logistical surprises and challenges, the 14 fog collectors shipped in December 2019 have survived their long journey from Hohenbrunn in Bavaria to the highlands of Bolivia and have arrived in Vallegrande. The cargo was received by director Adalid Salazar Garcia from our cooperation partner Weiterlesen

The 59-year-old German engineer Fekadu Aleka with Ethiopian roots has rendered outstanding services to improve the water supply for more than 55,000 people in Ethiopia to date through his organisation Environmentalists Development Association – Ethiopia (EDA-E). The foundation will award the International Hundertwasser Prize, which is endowed with 5,000 euros, for the seventh time in Weiterlesen

As planned, five CloudFisher mini could be set up in the highlands of Tanzania in January 2020 despite partly adverse weather conditions. With great interest from the school children and with the active support of the local population.  “Team Tanzania” with the cooperation partners of ped-world and viva con agua had previously provided for the Weiterlesen

Precision landing: As planned, the container was loaded with 14 CloudFisher fog collectors with the help of the VRPE team on 19 December 2019 in Hohenbrunn. These collectors were specially configured by Peter Trautwein for the WasserStiftung for use in the Bolivian highlands. The container is now starting its long journey across the Atlantic and Weiterlesen

Another successful year lies behind the WaterFoundation. Some projects in Ethiopia and Eritrea have been completed according to plan, others are being continued. In addition, there are exciting new projects such as the CloudFisher construction in the Bolivian Andes and in the highlands of Tanzania, which we are implementing together with our cooperation partners. And Weiterlesen

In July 2019, the Water Foundation, together with the Munich Re Foundation and the Oswald Foundation, awarded the Zabalketa organisation a grant of at least €150,000 for a fog collector project in Bolivia. As planned, Martina Mayerhofer (Munich Re Foundation), Teresa López de Armentia (Zabalketa), Peter Trautwein (Water Foundation) and staff of the Bolivian NGO Weiterlesen

In order to support the development of projects to extract water from fog, the Water Foundation, together with the Munich Re Foundation and with the generous support of the Oswald Foundation from Pfarrkirchen, provided a grant at the beginning of the year for the provision of new or the improvement of existing fog collector projects Weiterlesen

Ready to go! Together with its partners ped-world e.V. and Viva con Agua, the Water Foundation will ensure that 13 schools in Tanzania will have a continuous water supply and sanitary facilities in the future. In January 2019, the Water Foundation already sent five CloudFisher Mini fogcollectors worth 39,000 Euros to the Babati region. Peter Weiterlesen