Veolia Water gets involved

Following the tsunami which occurred on the 26 December on South East Asia coastline, Veolia Water through Veolia Waterforce took immediate steps to organize the first team of expert volunteers and to arrange for the transportation of necessary equipment to provide emergency relief to the affected communities.

  • Organizing emergency response teams

    The volunteers' first glimpse of where they will be working.

  • Loading the emergency equipment

  • Coming face to face with the aftermath of the tsunami

  • Getting the volunteers and equipment to where they are needed

Eyewitness accounts from Veolia Water volunteers

  • Checking the equipment

  • The welcome of the local community

  • Assisting NGOs

  • Living conditions

  • Inventory of requirements

  • Assessing the quality of the wells

  • Prioritizing drinking water for the hospital

  • Repairing the water supply system in Meulaboh

  • Treating water

  • Storing drinking water

  • Supplying water

  • Monitoring the quality of the drinking water

  • Children back at school

  • Supplying drinking water to remote villages

  • Concentrating on the task ahead

  • The feeling of having been useful


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