Ten Geberit apprentices have recently returned from a working trip to Poland, where their sanitaryware installation skills were put to the test in upgrading the toilet facilities at a primary school in Warsaw.

The project formed part of Geberit’s ongoing global social responsibility strategy. Each year since 2008, Geberit apprentices from various locations have spent time away from their everyday work to help out on a social project abroad.

For this most recent assignment ten apprentices, together with a technical manager and team coach, travelled to Warsaw to install new toilet facilities at a primary school that hadn’t been renovated since it was built back in 1949.

The Geberit team spent months preparing for the renovation and expansion of the existing toilet facilities and the common rooms, so the apprentices could start immediately on the mounting and installation work in the sanitary facilities. Now fitted with Geberit Duofix frames including dual flush concealed cisterns, plus Geberit flush plates, the new washrooms will serve students for many years to come and enable the school to function more sustainably.

Since 2008, more than 70 Geberit apprentices have taken part in social projects all over the world, providing more people with access to clean drinking water and basic sanitation.