The ones who pull the strings - Pro Aqua

SHORT NEWSPro-Aqua supports children!Children of poor families are often victims ofglobalization. This also applies for Sri Lanka.Pro-Aqua manager Sonja Reder has a personalconnection to this tropical paradise, and togetherwith a German friend she regularly supportspoor children in need. Social responsibilityis an important corporate mission statement ofPro-Aqua. Therefore, we have spontaneouslydonated Euro 3,000 for this project. This moneyenables 80 children to receive medical care,to drink a glass of milk per day, and to go toschool.Dear Sonja,We are happy to hear that your company Pro Aqua funds ourproject for children here in Sri Lanka. I would like to take thisopportunity to tell you how the donation in the amount of Euro3,000 is used.We currently run four kindergartens in very poor villages. Manychildren here suffer from various diseases (severe infections,worms, “elephant’s foot”) that are not medicated. They sufferfrom skin problems, impaired vision, impaired hearing aswell as from nutritional deficiency and extreme malnourishment.It is our objective to medicate these diseases permanentlyandto ensureaftercare. In order todo so, a doctor will examine more than 80 of thesechildren and will initiate further treatment.Unfortunately, many children are malnourished since theyoften only get rice and dahl at home. We want to give onecup of milk to each child every day in the kindergartens. Milkpowder is very expensive here compared to local conditionsand since most parents earn their income as day laborers it isusually unattainable for them.Moreover, we don’t have a bus bar or water supply in ourkindergarten in Navaganna. In the mornings, the mothersbring water in buckets. This water is used for drinking, handwashing and cleaning. We will use some of the donation tobuild a well here, and we also need a pump and a water tank.The kindergarten in Angankanda needs a gas oven with gas10 • The sales force magazine 01/2008 www.pro-aqua-gmbh.dewww.pro-aqua-gmbh.de The sales force magazine 01/2008 • 11