Empowering humanity through water, sanitation, hygiene and education is the mission of a new pro-industry NGO, Industry’s Humanitarian Support Alliance (IHSAN), set up in the USA by employees of the oil and gas industry. “IHSAN” stands for NGO but also means “benevolence” and “giving” in Arabic. IHSAN links social responsibility projects of industry sponsors with project partners and disadvantaged communities. On March 22, 2008, World Water Day IHSAN announced funding for four new projects, including construction of water pumps, eco-sanitation toilets, rainwater harvesting systems, open dams, and water education programmes in Sierra Leone, Kenya, India, and Ghana.

Source: Business Wire, 8 April 2008