PURCHASE, NY — PepsiCo announced in a January 22 press release a partnership with “Bourne Ultimatum” star Matt Damon’s H2O Africa foundation to provide clean water in African communities.

The PepsiCo partnership with H2O Africa involves on-the-ground clean water projects in Niger, Mali, Senegal and other countries in Africa. H2O Africa will receive $2.5 million over the next 12 months.

Matt Damon said in the release, “On my trips to Africa, I saw firsthand the life-changing impact that access to safe water can have, especially for children. Along with other factors like sanitation, medical care and education, safe water enables entire communities to pull themselves out of the cycle of poverty. At H20 Africa, we are working with established NGOs [non-governmental organizations] already ‘on the ground’ to bring assistance to communities in need.”

The company also announced that its PepsiCo Foundation made a $6 million, three-year grant available to the Earth Institute at Columbia University, which is dedicated to global sustainable development.

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