The WaterFoundation starts the new year with full power and gives the starting signal for a nature and water conservation project in the new focus region Peru. Numerous farming families in the Peruvian highlands are struggling with the changing climate conditions. During the course of the year, they are without fresh water for several months. Weiterlesen
A difficult, but yet quite successful year for the WaterFoundation is coming to an end. In our Annual Letter 2021/22, we inform as usual about our completed projects, e.g. in Ethiopia, the progress of ongoing undertakings such as the CloudFisher project in Bolivia and planned projects, for example in Peru. We also report on our Weiterlesen
Just in time for World Toilet Day, our sanitation project in Bilaa (Ethiopia), worth more than 300,000 Euros, has started: new toilets and hand washing facilities are planned for more than 5,000 pupils and teachers. The photo shows the toilet facilities of the school in Bilaa in their current state. We urgently need to remedy Weiterlesen
At the State Garden Show in Überlingen on Lake Constance, thirsty people could fill their water bottles for a donation of one euro. The Stadtwerk am See provided the drinking water, Tina Zimmermann created the water altar and came up with the idea for the fundraising campaign. A total of 3600 euros was collected. Half Weiterlesen
Four apprentices from HTI GIENGER used their project phase in the summer of 2021 to support the WaterFoundation in reaching younger target groups via social media: Quirin Doellel, Anna-Maria Reithmayr, Evlin Ashoor Schmoel and David Weber. The editorial preparation and set-up of the instagram channel carried out together with them will help to inform young Weiterlesen
The FogNet Alliance – a global partnership and practice network of researchers, water experts, international organisations and representatives from politics and industry – has set itself the goal of exchanging knowledge and experience on drinking water production from fog. A number of successful fog net projects have already been carried out worldwide. It is now Weiterlesen
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