The IX Power Foundation focuses on Issues affecting Women and Children. Our first concern is the most primal - accessible clean water for everyone.
We are a 501(c)3 and a partner, but separate company, from IX Power Clean Water.
Founded in 2014, the IX Power Foundation assists communities in obtaining clean water through the assets of the IX Power Clean Water company. Based in Golden, Colorado, the Foundation created and coordinated the popular "Colorado Women's Day" event for nine years. The annual event provided recognition of local and global women's issues, as well as funding for community programs and was an official event of the International Women's Day Organization.
Colorado Women's Day will return with a new format soon!
For more information, contact Deborah Deal-Blackwell at 303-277-9520, ext. 310
IX Power Foundation, Inc. 17301 West Colfax Ave. Suite 110 Golden, Colorado 80401
Grants from the IX Power Foundation
With every industrial water treatment project that IX Power Clean Water completes, the IX Power Foundation will help bring clean water to an in-need ommunity without charge. We are also interested in teaming with other parties who have the same mission - to bring clean, safe drinking water anywhere around the world.
With proceeds from our last Colorado Women's Day event, the IX Power Foundation was able to make monetary grants to four nonprofits who work for clean water in other countries, and to two Denver-area nonprofits focused on literacy, and women's empowerment.
For more information about this program, email: Deborah Deal, Deborah@ixPowerFoundation.org
Why the IX Power Foundation & IX Power Clean Water are involved in
Colorado & International Women's Day
Water and the treatment of Women (and other disadvantaged peoples) - they are at the intersection of the world's most pressing issues. The IX Power companies have dedicated their corporate missions to helping improve the future of both.
Here's one part of the situation to start putting the whole picture in perspective!
In 80% of households without close access to water, the responsibility falls on women and girls to fetch and carry it. Around the world, females spend 200 million hours per day getting and water for their households. In poorer nations, they walk an average of nearly four miles per day for it. The time and energy used to access clean water perpetuates the cycle of poverty. Hours spent retrieving water means hours not working or studying.
A further concern is the danger involved. In areas like Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and the border between Afghanistan and Iran, water is not only a source of discord, it is dangerous for women to make the trek to water sources each day. In addition to potential conflict between factions, there are risks of physical or sexual assault. Fetching water may, in fact, be truly dangerous. There is also the physical toll of carrying water. Jerry cans are used, each of which holds an average of five gallons and weighs 40 pounds. Women most often carry those containers on their heads, leading to serious injury to neck and spine, made worse when carried by young girls.
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