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GRF (Global Research Foundation) is dedicated to help people of all walks of life to access safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in their own homes, using simple, affordable technologies. Further we assist and guide communities in the rural sector in finding potable water sources to their utmost satisfaction in terms of quality and quantity because the building of a healthy society is the vision of GRF. Access to water means that communities that previously lacked access to a clean source of it are now free of water related diseases and have more time for themselves and can thus engage in meaningful employment rather than travelling in search of water sources. One of the greatest benefactors are children since having access to basic clean water and a decent toilet paves the way for children to be less vulnerable to diseases and thus increases the house hold income since money would not be spent on medicine and treatment.

SERVICES

Global Research Foundation is dedicated to help people of all walks of life to access safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in their own homes, using simple, affordable technologies. Further we assist and guide communities in the rural sector in finding potable water sources to their utmost satisfaction in terms of quality and quantity because the building of a healthy society is the vision of GRF. Access to water means that communities that previously lacked access to a clean source of it are now free of water related diseases and have more time for themselves and can thus engage in meaningful employment rather than travelling in search of water sources. One of the greatest benefactors are children since having access to basic clean water and a decent toilet paves the way for children to be less vulnerable to diseases and thus increases the house hold income since money would not be spent on medicine and treatment.

While working with communities we also strive to work with other stakeholders. One important type would be governments. We make sure that they have the long-term political commitment, good policies and an allocation of resources for lasting improvements. Another stakeholder would be the civil society. Our association with them, makes us join their programs in critical integrated efforts on nutrition, education and adaptation to climatic shocks.

Involvement in Environmental Protection

The protection of environment is a pressing issue. Every person, organization and institution has an obligation and duty to protect it since it’s a resource not only enjoyed by all but in most cases it is enjoyed freely. Having a stable environment means that the economy, business and society will thrive. In terms of economy, economies would not have to be burdened by maintaining facilities or by rising health costs that maybe caused by environmental degradation. Businesses too would have low operational costs since facilities can be better maintained and production can seamlessly continue. For business, protecting the environment can be a good marketing point as well. Societies will also benefit as they can enjoy the fruits of the environment like beautiful parks and beaches more readily. Environmental protection encompasses not only pollution but also sustainable development and conservation of natural resources and the ecosystem. Today, the necessity of environmental awareness and enforcement is more demanding and urgent than ever before. Despite provisions in Sri Lankan Constitution providing for Environmental protection and many statutory provisions, the environment degradation continues. The main cause for environment degradation is lack of effective enforcement of various laws.

Role of GRF in Environmental protection activities are appearing below :

• Conducting education and citizen awareness programmes in the field of environment

• Fact – finding and analysis

• Filing public interest litigations. Innovation and experimenting in areas which are difficult for government agencies to make changes in

• Providing expertise and policy analysis

• Providing factual and reliable information with a network of professional expert staff

• Remaining independent while passing relevant information to the public and governmental bodies

• Solidarity and support to environmental defenders

DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

Causes for disasters

The compound effects of climate change, environmental and ecological imbalance, growing populations and increasing population density, rapid urbanization, deforestation, and desertification are often cited as factors behind the increasing occurrence of natural disasters all over the world. Natural disasters have been affecting populations for over a millennia. Yet during the past decade the total affected by natural disaster has reached 2 billion. Further the damage done to property because of natural disasters has had a great impact on the GDPs of countries. The short term impact on GDP has been the damage caused to capital stock, delivery, transport systems and other infrastructure. The human loss as a result of natural disasters has been far more enduring.

The Global Research Foundation

The vision of GRF is to provide a range of assistance to the communities around the world during times of significant emergencies and disaster be they natural, man-made, national or local state emergencies.

Disaster and emergency management is often described as a process comprising four essential activities/phases

1. Reduction (mitigation),

2. Readiness,

3. Response,

RECOVERY

A reconnaissance of the disaster area to assess the disaster situation; identify the GFI capabilities required (to minimize further suffering, loss of life, destruction of property and/or degradation to the environment; and provision of disaster relief);

Humanitarian Operations

Understanding of the magnitude of the impacts of disasters, assessment of the immediate requirements and coordination at local, regional and national levels is more appropriate and essential part of our disaster response work. Disaster response efforts vary depending on the nature of a disaster but typically consist of rotating response teams in the field and the shipment of loads of disaster relief supplies. Teams in the field distribute relief supplies to survivors of disasters, coordinate volunteers and assist in cleanup efforts.

Research and Development (R &D)

GRF intends to develop its R&D capacity by inviting scientists, academics and professionals who have tremendous potential to give solutions to burning issues such as mitigation of flood and drought risks and impacts that occur very frequently due to climate change and vulnerability. In Sri Lanka there are a number of fields that needed research to find solutions. As such a thorough research is required to infer the course of KDU issue. Many researches are to be conducted with some controls to identify their involvement as a contributory factor towards this problem. Similarly, Sri Lanka experiences a wide range of anomalies of rain fall pattern across the country.

GRF is in a position to identify challenges that researches are facing right now.

Kidnely problem challengers that researchers face. The challengers include the lack of personnel due to the brain drain that was experienced during the years of the civil war, lack of appropriate infrastructure and lack of financial investments. We at GRF can arrange some financial support to transcend these difficulties because of our main sponsor, Global Resources Development Consultants (GRDC). GRDC has officers abroad and therefore can provide a range of financial resources because of the vast financial reserves they have and the connections they have to investors. The needed equipment to do the research can also be provided by the extensive pool of connections that GRDC has to suppliers, vendors and warehouses. Finally GRDC also has connections to a range of professionals that can be contacted to do high level research thus avoiding the problem of the brain drain.