Geberit AG - Social Commitment

Helvetas and Geberit agreed a long-term partnership on the occasion of the launch of the new Helvetas campaign in spring 2010. This campaign aims to provide one million people in the world’s poorest regions with access to clean drinking water and basic sanitary services by the end of 2013.

Helvetas is one of the most prominent Swiss development organizations, working to make sustainable improvements to the living conditions of disadvantaged persons living in 18 of the world's poorest countries. Water supply and the construction of latrines are among Helvetas' most important tasks. Both are fundamental to living with dignity and particularly to people's health.

> Watch the video
from Mozambique
(in German only)

Involving the local population
Helvetas' development projects are always carried out together with the population to achieve the greatest possible sustainable impact. Local companies are used for the construction of wells and latrines. In this way Helvetas also makes an important contribution to the development of the private sector. Moreover, Helvetas creates water committees in the villages, which independently operate and maintain the drinking water systems. And the public is educated about the interrelation of water quality, hygiene and health.

Years of experience
Helvetas is active in water and sanitary system projects in about a dozen of its partner countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In Mozambique, for instance, where since 1979 it has helped to build or restore over 2,000 wells in the northern reaches of the country, providing a million people with clean drinking water. In recognition of its efforts, Helvetas received the 2008 Energy Globe Award from former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Common goal
As a partner of this campaign, Geberit is supporting the commitment of Helvetas and thereby directly the UN’s millennium objective in the area of drinking water and basic sanitary services. Cooperating with Helvetas provides Geberit with the opportunity to deepen its social commitment.

Watch the TV Spot that is going to be showed currently on Swiss TV stations (available only in German).

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> More on the Helvetas campaign (available only in German)

> Report:
   Latrine builders in
   Nepal
   (in German only)

> Interview:
Toilets for Mali
(in German only)