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e.g. water supply, health situation, etc.
Write here information on income etc.
Describe here the objectives of the project and the impacts the project aimed for. Please add some pictures if possible.
Without much previous information, the owner of a hotel was asked to participate in a field test of a bio-sand filter. He was asked to put the filter in a prominent place in his restaurant, in full view of his clients. He was then asked to daily filter at least one 20 litre jerry can of dirty water. While he was told that the purpose of the exercise was to test the performance of the filter during several weeks, he was told that he could freely use the water it produced. No clean water source existed in this village and the water served during the meals was brown and quite contaminated. Naturally, the restaurant owner started serving filtered water to his guests. In fact, he gained several new regular customers during this period. After several weeks, project staff returned to the restaurant, declared the ‘test’ successful and declared their intention to take the filter away. By then, the restaurant owner – and his guests – had become quite used to their improved water supply and asked if the filter could stay. This resulted in some bargaining, and finally a deal was struck whereby the filter was sold. Not long after, several other restaurant owners approached the project, asking to buy their own. So did several of their customers and slowly demand for the filter began to grow. By now, thousands of filters are in use in this area, and demand continues to spread to adjacent areas.
Describe here who participated in the project, e.g. the staff of the health posts, local leaders, teachers, and families of the area, representatives of ministries and so on. If your technology has an effect on other people in your community - how did you mobilize them to agree or even to help?
Give details about materials, procedures, etc.
Write here the total duration of the project, the duration of different stages, the frequency of visits and so on.
Write here the total costs of the project, who covered the costs, the per capita costs for the project implementation, and so on. That means the money you needed to invest as well as the human power which is necessary. Add information on the disposition of the funds, e.g. for training, promotion and/or follow-up activities.
Please describe in this section which benefit the target group got from the project.
Please describe in this section how somebody else should adopt your technology or establish your process.