The PepsiCo Foundation has recently announced a $ 4.26 million grant to an international non-profit organisation WaterAid to provide safe water access to communities in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala by December 2020.
As part of its water access initiatives in India, the foundation aims to positively impact 2,00,000 people in the communities around its plants.”
Over the next three years, WaterAid in India will focus on implementing solutions that will help increase access to clean water, build community and government capacity to manage water resources.
According to the Foundation, these solutions would help improve water security and also promote water conservation and recharge measures including rainwater harvesting.
The grant further adds to the $17 million that the Foundation has made in India to date.