DHI has once again decided to e-mail Seasons Greeting cards and to donate the postage costs saved to Women’s Water Fund. This fund supports women in developing countries in advancing their career opportunities in the development and management of water resources.
The Fund provides participants with useful water management skills through training, internship and extensive professional networking in Denmark followed by a mentoring arrangement.
The program’s training, internship and mentoring activities are provided free of charge by the public and private businesses involved as ‘in kind’ contributions. The intention is to create an arrangement with mutual benefits for participants and businesses involved.
So far 12 women have benefited from the Fund’s program. All participants have given very positive feedback and reported that their career development has been enhanced. Feedback from the sponsoring businesses is equally positive. They stress the company benefits from new knowledge and ideas originating during the internship.