Kuwait Water Association receives $12,000 in Ford Conservation Grants
KUWAIT: Ford Motor Company yesterday handed over $12,000 grant to Kuwait Water Association as part of the 2016 Ford Motor Company Conservation and Environmental Grants initiative. Dr Saleh Mohammad Al Muzaini and Ahmad Jamil Al Kofahi, both lead of Kuwait Water Association (KWA) proposed the Periodic Statistical Study in Educational Facilities for Measuring the Water Consumption in Kuwait. Kuwait has the highest water consumption level in the world, with a daily average of around 500 litres per capita, according to Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR). KWA will collect and analyse data obtained from schools and provide the government with its findings in the hope a better water conservation be implemented in the future.
The grant was awarded by Tim Zimmerman, Vice-President Automotive of Alghanim Auto, the only importer contractually authorized by Ford to sell new Ford vehicles, genuine Ford and MotorCraft parts, and provide aftersales support to Ford customers in Kuwait, and Mohammed El Houssami, Ford Middle East’s Sales Director to Dr Al Muzaini and Al Kofahi at Ford’s new vehicle showroom, service and spare parts center in Kuwait. Apart from Kuwait, the latest recipients of Ford’s Conservation and Environmental Grants were successful applicants from Qatar, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia with a total of $120,000 made available.
Now running for 16 years, Ford Grants has become one of the largest corporate initiatives of its kind in the region, created to empower individuals and nonprofit groups that are donating their time and efforts to preserve the environmental well-being of their communities.
The initiative has received support and recognition from various governmental and non-governmental environmental authorities from around the Middle East, including the World Wide Fund for Nature, the Emirates Wildlife Society, the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) and UNESCO Doha.