Grundfos organized a ‘Walk for Water’ in collaboration with Young Indians (Yi) Chennai Chapter to commemorate World Water Day. Aligned with this year’s World Water Day theme of ‘Groundwater – Making the Invisible Visible’, the walk was organized on March 20 to raise awareness on the significance of protecting groundwater. Last year, India witnessed a decline in groundwater levels across 30% of wells that were monitored. This calls for immediate action towards recharging the resource to preserve groundwater for a sustainable future.
According to USAID, globally, about 200 million people walk an average of 6.5 kms/day for water. Therefore, Grundfos organized this walk for the same distance to highlight the hardship faced millions of people who walk several kilometers each day to fetch water. More than 340 participants including Grundfos employees and their family members, Yi members and student Yuva members walked this stretch during the event. The participants walked with buckets filled with water to learn and appreciate the struggle that millions of people face daily.
This walk was also in support of Grundfos’ Water2Life program that is aimed to bring access to clean water for communities in need and has impacted 60,000+ people across the world since 2010. Water2Life is a powerful Grundfos employee-initiated program and is transforming the lives of numerous communities across different countries such as Kenya, Vietnam, Honduras, India, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and many more.
