In May 2011 BASF Stiftung – a charitable foundation based in Ludwigshafen, Germany – together with UN-HABITAT, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, launched a special water education project in Mangalore. The project was implemented by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and supported by BASF India.
The aim of the project was to provide sanitation facilities and, through water education, to raise awareness among the students and the community of effective water-quality monitoring and conservation techniques.
Report Water scarcity is a cause of concern in several states across India. Access to clean drinking water is an additional challenge, especially in rapidly developing cities like Mangalore. A special water education project in ...
Shri Venkataramana Higher Primary School Some 25 schools were selected to participate, involving a total of 5,000 students. The schools were given water testing kits and teachers and students were trained to use them for ...
Shri Venkataramana Higher Primary School As part of the Water Education Project, students from Shri Venkataramana Higher Primary School, with their science teacher, test water quality in the reservoir near the BASF site in ...
Shri Venkataramana Higher Primary School Water laboratories were installed in eight of the schools that were selected to participate in the Water Education Project. Equipped with glassware, reagents, apparatus and resource ...
Water Education Project – Shri Venkataramana Higher Primary School In May 2011 BASF Stiftung – a charitable foundation based in Ludwigshafen, Germany – together with UN-HABITAT, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, ...
Water Education Project – Shri Venkataramana Higher Primary School Unclean water is one of the main causes of disease. Lack of clean sanitation can also be one of the reasons why children do not finish their education.