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A global

OBLIGATION IF WE TOLD A DEEP ROOTED AMBITION
YOU THAT…

For 20 years, we have donated a percentage of our profits
In Sub-Saharan
to help build a better future for all.
Africa

400

MILLION

Jean-Claude Delabie, former CEO of the people have no access

DELABIE Group, told us about the origins to drinking water
of DELABIE’s charity work.
1/4 of the continent
HOW DID THE DELABIE HUMANITARIAN PROJECT
COME ABOUT?
It all began in December 2004, with the tsunami in South-
!! A DAILY OBSTACLE TO
East Asia. It left the whole world in shock. At DELABIE, we asked
ourselves what we could do to help the people affected. The
Board of Directors therefore decided to launch a long-term
Jean-Claude Delabie program to finance projects for clean water. Healthcare

WHAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE? Education
As a manufacturer of water controls, our mission is to bring
water to human beings. Our humanitarian mission is the
natural extension of this. Water is a shared resource for
humanity. However, it is extremely unevenly distributed.
Our ambition is simple: to bring drinking water to disadvan-
taged people who live in extremely precarious conditions.
20 YEARS
HOW DO WE SELECT PROJECTS?
OF DELABIE
Our Charity Committee, formed of 12 volunteer employ-
CHARITY WORK
ees, works with charities who spend at least 80% of their
funds directly in the field. We select projects from €10,000 to
€50,000. For the more important projects, we work with other
donors. Our aim in all projects is to offer local training so that
Our ambition 120
the people become autonomous.
is simple:
DRINKING
WHAT MESSAGE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE
to participate in Water and
AFTER 20 YEARS OF ACTION?
the construction sanitation projects
We are proud of the path we have taken, but there is still a lot
of a positive future
to do. With our colleagues and partners, we continue to take
for all. action towards a positive and lasting impact. We are grate-
ful to our customers and specifiers whose orders allow us to 90,000
finance these wonderful charitable projects.
people helped

We are proud of the path we
have taken, but there is still
much more to do!

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