A new Beginning
As a student from developing nation, I have observed that clean and portable drinking water is still a luxury product affordable by the middle and upper class in Africa. The shortage of clean water has been the major cause of some health problems like Cholera, Dysentery, Diarrhea, Lead Poisoning, Malaria and many more. The solar powered water purification system will help resolve the problem of scarcity of clean water caused by irregular energy supply and high cost of powering water treatment plants with gas powered generators. Having managed a private water packaging firm, I have discovered that the price of purified bottled water remained high because of the energy cost involved in powering and maintaining the water treatment plants, bottling equipment and distribution.
About 1 in 7 people on the planet do not have access to clean, safe water. The Sub-Saharan Africa alone losses about 40 billion hours per year fetching water from trenches. Full container used for collecting water in Africa weighs about 40 pounds, the equivalent of a 5 year old child. Some women carry up to 70 pounds in a barrel carried on the back. Access to clean water leads to food security , improved crop yield, and reduction of hunger. When students are freed from fetching water, they come to school on time and stay focused. With proper and safe latrines, pupils stay at school longer.
Without access to safe, clean water, the possibility of breaking out of the circle of poverty in Africa is extremely slim.
Without access to safe, clean water, the possibility of breaking out of the circle of poverty in Africa is extremely slim.
OUR GOALOur goal is to provide clean, safe water in Africa so as to reduce illness from drinking dirty water, increase crop yields, minimize time lost to sickness and help people get back to work of lifting themselves out of poverty. |
First Let'sDiscover
1 out of every 5 deaths
of children under 5 is due to a water related disease. |
Now let's WORKConserve
1 in 7 people don't have access to clean drinking water.
For most people in Africa, poverty is a fact of life. |
IT'S UP TO USChange
About 98% of all waste water in Africa remains untreated, instead it's left to run into rivers, lakes, and oceans, creating more pollution. This needs to change.
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