In 2023, we explored what new project we could launch to make our milk powder available to school children. We expect to launch a new project with World Vision, Made Blue and Hoogwegt in 2024.
Clean drinking water
For our milk powder to work, it is crucial that our end-users have access to clean drinking water. This is why we have been partners with Made Blue since 2015. Our aim is to make drinking water available where it is needed most. In recent years, we have already made 1.5 billion litres of clean drinking water accessible in Ethiopia. This figure equals 2022, because we have now been working with Made Blue for 10 years and the projects are guaranteed to provide water for 10 years.
So every investment we make now compensates for the part we invested in 10 years ago that has now been completed. Made Blue sets up water points and develops associated infrastructure such as sanitation and washing facilities, including at schools. A team of local people has been trained to maintain the drinking water infrastructure, and coaches have been trained to promote behaviour change regarding hygiene. Our aim is to expand this collaboration further by also supplying our milk powder at water points. We expect to take the first steps in this in 2024.