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"In short, we must invent the toilet." here's what Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President of the & Bill Melinda Gates Foundation's global development program, recently announced it will be addressing the Conference AfrikaSan in Kigali, where she called on the so-called donors, Governments, the private sector and non-governmental organizations to reinvent the toilet. Yes WC.
The idea is noble. Most developing countries do not have access to flush toilets. As Burwell specifies other innovations during the past 200 years, saved lives and improve the health status of the flush toilet, but revolution defecation achieved only one third of the world. & Bill Melinda Gates Foundation hope Kindle and improve the lives of millions.
Fund standing for his call to arms with $ 42 million. The aim is to improve the capture and storage of waste, as well as turn it into some used as energy, fertilizers and fresh water. These new grants to join the Fund's commitment to water, sanitation hygiene & which is now only $ 265 million.
Of course this will not be easy. More than 2.6 billion people lack proper toilet, but more importantly, the proper disposal of waste. Next-gen toilet must be sustainable, hygienic, but still depends on the sewage systems. This objective will be the device that actually convert waste fuel or even safe drinking water.
The challenge of innovation joins the United Nations by the year 2015 the MDG to halve the number of people who do not have access to basic sanitation. The World Health Organization claims that proper sanitation is not just a counter health concerns. It also increases productivity, reduces healthcare costs and every $ 1 invested can be worth $ 9 in the backend.
As innovators and tinkers, you've heard the call. It's time to start building better shitter.
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