Success stories like this one are great reasons for STEM to be promoted. It's much more than just making sure that women are given an opportunity to work in this exciting career - Real change can be made that can impact upon and enhance peoples lives.
There are millions of women and children who struggle daily to access water. It is estimated that globally, women and children spend 140 million hours collecting fresh water every day. This is typically done with heavy 20 litre buckets balanced on their head.
The 90 litre Hippo Roller enables women, children and the elderly to collect five times more water than a single bucket. Users simply roll the Hippo Roller along the ground. Its solutions improve water access, food security and income generation.
The Hippo Roller empowers women and children who are often responsible for water collection in rural communities. It’s an appropriate technology which is widely accepted in many countries. Most of the benefits experienced by its users are immediate.