NGO, Solar Firm Team up for Water Pumping

March 22, 2004 [SolarAccess.com] Solar water-pumping company WorldWater signed a contract with Counterpart International (CPI), a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization (NGO), to collaborate on agricultural and irrigation development and water management projects. The initial joint efforts will focus on projects in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq, according to Don Feil, Vice President of CPI and Quentin T. Kelly, Chairman and CEO of WorldWater. CPI is currently implementing projects in Northern Iraq for the U.S. Department of State and the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR), including emergency resettlement, community reconstruction and economic development.