Brandix donates Rs 25mn to Water Research & Training Centre
28 Sep '07
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Research carried out by several agencies including the Water Resources Board, has revealed that one in every 10 people living in the NCP suffers from a kidney disease as a result of drinking water being contaminated with heavy metals and agro-chemicals and the use of low quality aluminum containers to store water, he said.
The 7,000 square-foot Laboratory and Training Centre would be dedicated to reducing the occurrence of such health problems through a combination of awareness and training programmes on water purification, conservation and management and the manufacture and distribution of low cost household water filters across the province.
Comprising a Lecture Hall, Laboratory, Library, residential accommodation for the officer-in-charge, four lecturing staff and up to 20 students, an office, kitchen, dining and recreation room, staff rooms and a reception area, the Centre will be managed by the Water Resources Board and expects to train 80 to 100 people a month. Trainees will be selected from each village in the province and will on completion of their training train and educate the inhabitants of their respective villages.
The concept of the Centre received a commendation at the World Bank's 2006 Global Development Marketplace competition for ideas that provide concrete benefits to communities by meeting basic needs for clean water, hygienic sanitation and access to energy.
The Centre is one of the best examples of a words-to-action transformation of the central corporate theme that runs through the community reach projects of the Brandix Group. The theme, 'Water is Life' is a long term and ongoing commitment focusing on increasing the availability of water and the provision of safe drinking water to those most in need.
This unique theme ensures a focused direction of pooled resources resulting in synergy and greater impact to the communities in which the Group operates. It is sustainable over a period of years and is a priority area at the national level as well as global level.
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