Foundation Awards Three Grants for Water Wells in Developing Countries
Three grants totaling $20,000 have been awarded to help build and restore drinking water wells in Uganda and Kosovo, the National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation (NGWREF) has announced.
The three grant recipients and award amounts:
The Nakaale Station project by the Committee on Foreign Missions for the Orthodox Presbyterian Church is in northeast Uganda. The project involves installing wells in four villages to serve up to 5,000 people. At present, the people in these villages get their drinking water from polluted water in rivers, creeks and swamps.
The Tushile Safe Water Project, developed by Water for Life, will serve 800 villagers in Kosovo by capping 150 open wells to protect them from contamination, installing pumps in the wells, and cleaning up sources of pollution.
“Thousands of people in these war-torn, impoverished counties will benefit from the safe drinking water that these projects will provide. For some, especially children under the age of five, these projects are a matter of life and death,” says Steve Schneider, MGWC and NGWREF president. “It was for projects such as these that the Foundation created its Developing World Project Fund.”
Established in 1994, the NGWREF is focused on conducting educational, research and charitable activities related to a broader public understanding of ground water. Follow this link for more information on NGWREF's Developing World Project Fund.
The three grant recipients and award amounts:
- Atkinson Foundation / Family Empowerment Uganda (FEM), $6,000
- Committee on Foreign Missions for the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Nakaale Station, Uganda, $8,000.
- Water for Life, Tushile Safe Water Project, $6,000.
The Nakaale Station project by the Committee on Foreign Missions for the Orthodox Presbyterian Church is in northeast Uganda. The project involves installing wells in four villages to serve up to 5,000 people. At present, the people in these villages get their drinking water from polluted water in rivers, creeks and swamps.
The Tushile Safe Water Project, developed by Water for Life, will serve 800 villagers in Kosovo by capping 150 open wells to protect them from contamination, installing pumps in the wells, and cleaning up sources of pollution.
“Thousands of people in these war-torn, impoverished counties will benefit from the safe drinking water that these projects will provide. For some, especially children under the age of five, these projects are a matter of life and death,” says Steve Schneider, MGWC and NGWREF president. “It was for projects such as these that the Foundation created its Developing World Project Fund.”
Established in 1994, the NGWREF is focused on conducting educational, research and charitable activities related to a broader public understanding of ground water. Follow this link for more information on NGWREF's Developing World Project Fund.
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