A project which has successfully provided clean drinking water and sanitation in developing
countries is in its third year at the University of Minnesota Crookston. The Clean Water for Everyone annual dinner, which helps to fund the Clean Water for Everyone project through UMC Enactus, is scheduled for Tuesday, February 25, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. in Bede Ballroom, Sargeant Student Center. Tickets for the dinner are $25 and may be purchased by contacting a member of Enactus or by contacting the advisor Courtney Bergman at 218-281-8188.
Clean Water for Everyone has provided clean drinking water and sanitation for communities in Haiti, Dominican Republic, Nepal, and Nigeria. To learn more about Clean Water for Everyone, visit cwfe.org.
Background
The Clean Water for Everyone initiative was established to help provide access to clean water in third world countries. In Nepal, Enactus helped provide a water pump station for a boarding school. The system pumps water out of a river, filters it, and then supplies the clean water to the school. Proceeds from the 2012 dinner helped fund the two bore holes near Amai College with a second at the Amai Nursery and Primary school in Ajangbadi, Ojo, local government of Nigeria. This work continued with support from the 2013 Clean Water dinner and other fundraising efforts in Nigeria and Nepal.
The mission of UMC Enactus, formerly Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), is to educate, inspire, and reinvest in our community while expanding our minds in the ever changing global business world. The global non-profit organization active in more than 40 countries, encourages students to work in partnership with business and higher education where they are challenged to develop community outreach projects including: free market economics, personal success skills, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, business ethics, sustainability, and environmental sustainability.To learn more about Enactus, visit enactus.org/who-we-are/our-story.
The UMC Enactus team is advised by Sam Walton Fellow Courtney Bergman, lecturer in the Business Department at the U of M Crookston.
Today the University of Minnesota, Crookston delivers 29 bachelor's degree programs, 20 minors, and 36 concentrations on campus--as well as 13 degrees online--in the areas of agriculture and natural resources; business; liberal arts and education; and math, science and technology. With an enrollment of 1,800 undergraduates from more than 20 countries and 40 states, the Crookston campus offers a supportive, close-knit atmosphere that leads to a prestigious University of Minnesota degree. "Small Campus. Big Degree." To learn more, visit www.umcrookston.edu.