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Supported by SeaFreight Labs, World Vision uses crowdsourcing platform to seek innovative solutions towards improving global sanitation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ el_class=”vc_col-sm-pull-4″][vc_column_text]June 29, 2021 (Seattle) <\/strong>–– Using a crowdsourcing platform, World Vision has awarded $15,000 to three innovative solutions for their challenge<\/a> of improving sanitation for families and communities in rural areas of developing countries.<\/p>\n
Lack of adequate sanitation facilities is a global problem with an estimated 2.3 billion people using unimproved toilets or no toilets at all when eliminating waste. This problem leads to significant public health issues with an estimated 280,000 diarrheal deaths per year attributable to inadequate sanitation. Poor sanitation is also a major factor in several neglected tropical diseases, including intestinal worms, schistosomiasis, and trachoma, as well as, contributing to malnutrition.<\/p>\n
“As the largest non-governmental provider of clean water in the world, World Vision aims to advance sanitation solutions for the entire industry that are accessible, equitable and inclusive,” says Keith Kall, Senior Executive Director at World Vision. “There are so many experts around the world with game-changing ideas that can bring us closer to solving the global sanitation crisis, and crowdsourcing those ideas provides more options to scale sustainable solutions faster.”<\/p>\n
Properly designed toilets that are also affordable is a huge challenge for the rural poor in many parts of the world. With the support Harry Sangree, President\/CEO of SeaFreight Labs<\/a>, World Vision turned to crowdsourcing platform InnoCentive<\/a> to seek novel ideas, concepts, and technologies to significantly lower the cost of safe, sanitary, and effective toilets. There were hundreds of submissions, but three solutions stood out to receive $5,000 awards.<\/p>\n