Photo: The Water Channel
The Water Channel is offering US$ 500 for the best idea for an alternative to the jerry can.
The ergonomics of the jerry cans are clearly wrong, says Frank van Steenbergen. Up to 80 million women in Africa have to carry water daily, which can result in a high prevalence of spinal and back pain.
There are a few alternatives like the ‘water back pack’ and Hippo Roller but the Water Channel is looking for fresh ideas: either to promote existing improved devices, or breakthrough designs as alternative options.
The deadline is 15 December. Send entries to info@thewaterchannel.tv
Source: Frank van Steenbergen, For a lighter burden, TheWaterBlog, 08 Oct 2012
I agree with the writer.The debate may continue but we have to come up with such alternatives which brings relaxation to traditional water fetchers, collectors either the women or men.We need to review the traditional methods, going back to ages what they had used earlier and why?? some times introducing new things and concepts replaces good things by short term good practices in the name of non favorable according to that Erra or certain scenarios.We have to adopt those practices, technologies which are effective in long run and have no or least bad/negative impacts on biotic , abiotic and symbiotic resources of our world.