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September 21, 2012
Solar oven makes clean drinking water
For those places in the developing world where the poor have access to unclean salty water, it is now possible to get clean and safe water through the design of Gabrielle Diamanti’s solar cooker which uses solar energy to convert salty water to clean drinking water. Read more here.
September 21, 2012
Indonesia: Changing attitudes is the main problem
This post focuses on the difficulty in changing the attitudes of people regarding sanitation and good hygiene practices, which, according to Almud Weitz, WSP’s principal regional team leader, was the key challenge. According to her, Indonesia’s practice of increasing budgetary allocation for provision of more toilets is ineffective and expensive, […]
September 21, 2012
Poor hygiene cost thousands of lives in Asia, says WHO
While poor nutrition, lack of primary healthcare and anaemia had been the primary contributors to the high rate of infections and disease outbreaks in Asia, poor hygiene practices in most of Asia has been found to be one of the catalysts to this scenario, making people weaker. According to a […]
September 21, 2012
Indonesia: Sanitation target may not be achieved
In Indonesia, the sanitation target of MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) may not be achieved as a number of people still live without access to sanitation (nearly half of Indonesians live without access to sanitation and clean water – read here). According to Emah Sudjimah, an official from the Public Works […]
September 21, 2012
Global Access to Clean Drinking Water and Sanitation: US and International Programmes
This report by the Congressional Research Service lists down a comprehensive database of initiatives active worldwide pertaining to the access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitation. This report gives an overview of the water and sanitation situation globally and is also informative of the role of US agencies in […]
September 21, 2012
Keeping water clean through evidence-based policy in northern Uganda
A new policy brief issued recently draws attention towards the role of policies in helping achieve the MDGs for clean drinking water in Africa. Published by the Africa Initiative (AI) and Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), the policy brief charts out the role of various stakeholders like the government, […]
September 21, 2012
Ex-Apple executive works on poverty eradication in India
Jeff Martin, who founded the non-profit called mPowering which has helped build schools and hospitals in Odisha, one of the states in India with lowest developmental indexes. mPowering uses the extensive number of cell phone towers, falling costs of mobile subscriptions and low GSM and Wifi costs of connectivity to […]
September 21, 2012
China: Internet bridges rural-urban education divide
Schools in rural areas of China are years behind the schools in towns and cities due to infrastructure and teaching methods. Now, this is changing as institutions use tools which enable the use of internet and multimedia services for educational purposes for the children, effectively bridging the urban-rural education gap. […]
September 21, 2012
India: Start-up firms dominating the academic apps market
There are a number of technology oriented entrepreneurs who are preparing for a time when schools books will be replaced by low cost tablets, are working on a number of innovative softwares. Some are endeavouring on applications that can recognize handwriting, analyse classwork and provide feedback to instructors. Read more […]
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