WaterSHED is designing the first pre-fabricated, flat-packed, easy-to assemble latrine shelter for mass-production in the rural market in Southeast Asia. But their hope of bringing a design from prototype to production relies on external support and partnerships. Read on to see how you can help!
In Cambodia, six in 10 women are anemic due to iron deficiency in their diets, causing premature labour, hemorrhaging during childbirth and the impaired brain development of their babies. Usually obtained through red meat or other iron-rich foods, a small chunk of iron added to water in the cooking pot can release a life-saving iron supplement. Enter the Lucky Iron Fish, shaped like a local river fish believed to bring good luck and fortune.
iDE, a Winnipeg based non-profit organization that supports business opportunities in the developing world, will work with Nepali small business owners and local entrepreneurs to scale-up the production, marketing and sale of simple latrines using a novel approach successfully demonstrated in Cambodia and Nepal: marketing simple, low-cost toilets as a status symbol and sanitation as an affordable source of pride.
It is estimated that just over 1 billion people across the globe live in slums. To combat this housing crisis, Peter Dupis, one of the founders of World Housing, focused his Master’s thesis on the one-for-one model. This approach is inspired by TOM shoes, a venture in which every purchase of a pair of shoes sees another pair donated to …
Roughly half of the world’s population is iron deficient, which can result in fatigue, dizziness and impaired cognitive ability. Iron deficiency is also the leading cause of anemia, a condition in which the body’s oxygen-carrying capacity is insufficient to adequately meet a person’s physiologic needs. While anemia can usually be treated with iron-rich foods like red meat or nutritional …
