AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Clean Water & Sanitation
KEYWORDS
safe water, poverty
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Dr. Teri Dankovich, WaterisLife
WEBSITE
http://waterislife.com/clean-water/new-technology
Drinkable Book
The Drinkable Book has pages that can be torn out and used to filter water for safe drinking.
A book You don't want to put down! In partnership with Dr. Theresa Dankovich from Carnegie Mellon, WATERisLIFE introduced The Drinkable Book™, the first-ever manual that provides safe water, sanitation and hygiene education and serves as a tool to kill deadly waterborne diseases by providing the reader with an opportunity to create clean, drinkable water from each page. We are working on a variety of languages, teaching methods and ways to share the message through training, storytelling and discussions in communities and schools worldwide where there is a desperate need. Each book can provide a user with clean water for up to four years.
Through community-driven and community-engaged programs, WATERisLIFE works closely with nonprofit partners, local governments and community organizations to focus on an integrated approach that ensures households, schools, orphanages and medical facilities have access to safe water, proper sanitation and hygiene programs.