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Aqualia, the company that mana - ges the Municipal Water Services of several towns in Huelva, and the University of Huelva, have signed a sponsorship agreement by which the company will donate the amount necessary for the drilling of a deep water well in the Senegalese village of Nandoumary, in the region of Ke - dougou, where the University’s In - ternational Cooperation Department has been working for eight years to improve the living conditions of its inhabitants. The Rector of the University of Huelva, María Antonia Peña, and the Director of Aqualia’s Delegation in Huelva, Rocío Santiago, signed this agreement at an event held in the Graduation Hall of the Faculty of Law of the Andalusian city. In her speech, the rector pointed out that “since 2017, when we crea - ted, for the first time, a Directorate for International Cooperation, we have ensured that part of our own resources are added to the grants obtained abroad to undertake a con - sistent line of commitment and coo - peration for development, based on direct action and also on the training of professionals and raising aware - ness among citizens and the univer- sity community”. Furthermore, Peña remarked that “this commitment is another expression of our align - ment with the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda and of our conviction that institutional collaboration, solidari - ty among peoples and knowledge transfer are essential instruments to achieve a fairer society on a preser - ved planet”. For her part, Rocío Santiago refe - rred to the fact that “we Spaniards are privileged in the eyes of the inhabitants of Nandoumary”. “The human right to water is fully guaran - teed in our country, as it is less than 1,000 metres away, as established by the UN, paying for it only 0.9% of the family’s income and having it in sufficient quantity to consume an average of 133 litres per inhabitant per day”. Group photo with Senegalese representatives during the partnership day, together with Aqualia and the University of Huelva. Rocío Santiago, director of Aqualia’s Huelva office, during the signing of the agreement with María Antonia Peña, rector of the University of Huelva. Partnership between Aqualia and the University of Huelva to improve access to drinking water in a village in Senegal W E L L N E S S W E L L N E S S 45