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2011 - 2015
ZanaAfrica Group (American Friends of ZanaAfrica, AFZA)
Expanding women’s access to safe, affordable sanitary pads from renewable resources


ZanaAfrica Group seeks to shape the feminine hygiene industry in East Africa to unlock the market for 1 million women and girls by 2020, delivering aspirational sanitary pads coupled with responsive reproductive health education.

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2011 - 2015
Climate Foundation » Biomass Controls PBC (BMC)
Conversion of human waste into biochar using pyrolysis at a community-scale facility in Kenya


To design, build, and test a self-contained system that can pyrolyze (decompose organic material at high temperatures without oxygen) human solid waste into a type of biological charcoal (biochar) that captures and stores carbon.

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2011 - 2016
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education »
Stimulating local innovation on sanitation for the urban poor in Sub‐Saharan Africa and South‐East Asia


Postgraduate research projects in the fields of smart sanitation provision for slums, emergency sanitation, resource oriented decentralized sanitation, low cost wastewater collection and treatment, faecal sludge management

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2011 - 2012
Nature Healing Nature »
Using waste to move waste (using urine to flush waste)


Designing a device that would utilize urine to flush waste through a pour-flush (PF) toilet thus reducing or eliminating the need for scarce flush water during the dry season in developing countries

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2011 - 2013
Wetlands Work! »
Floating community wastewater treatment in Asia


To design and field-test at village scale a simple cost-effective wastewater treatment system for floating communities in Southeast Asia. Floating “Pods” that use the microbial activity on aquatic plant roots are installed under the toilet of houseboats.

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2011 - 2016
Water, Engineering and Development Centre »
Reinvent the toilet: Using hydrothermal carbonization – or simply pressure cooking – to manage faecal sludge


The energetically self-sufficient toilet uses an autothermic, hydrothermal carbonising process to produce material that is safe to handle and could be used for soil conditioner.

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2011 - 2014
Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology »
Diversion for safe sanitation: Flushable urine-diverting dry toilet with on-site wash water recycling embedded in a concept of transport logistics and treatment


The squatting “diversion toilet” includes integrated wash water recovery for hand washing and toilet cleaning. It separates undiluted urine, dry feces and wash water. The used water passes ultrafiltration and is recycled for the same purposes.

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2011 - 2015
International Water Management Institute »
Scaling out the recovery of nutrients and organic matter from faecal sludge for food production in Ghana: From Waste to Food (WaFo)


To convert excreta into safe and efficient fertilizer pellets that could enhance agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa and make fecal sludge reuse commercially attractive.

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2011 - 2015
University of KwaZulu-Natal »
Data acquisition and field support for sanitation projects


Phase 1 is about designing, prototyping, and evaluating a toilet system that can safely dispose of pollutants and recover valuable materials. The objective of phase 2 is to characterise physical and chemical properties of different excreta streams.

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2011 - 2012
Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition and Development Foundation, Inc. »
Ecological sanitation for the base of the pyramid (Closing the loop between sanitation & agriculture in Mindanao, the Philippines using lactic fermentation)


Exploring the viability of low-cost dry toilets and the use of human waste in small-scale agri-silviculture including crop trials; testing secondary treatment with vermi-composting and researching odour minimization.

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2011 - 2014
Delft University of Technology »
Upgrade human waste to fuel gas with plasma-driven gasification


The development of a self-supporting sanitation system consisting of a microwave plasma gasification mini plant that generates energy and a human centered design for distributed sanitation facilities in urban informal settlements.

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2011 - 2012
Sustainable Sanitation Design »
Slum sanitation with 100% safe reuse of nutrients (urea treatment and thermophillic composting of faecal sludge)


SuSan Design upgrades human excreta from pathogenic material to safe agricultural fertilizers and soil improvers in 45 days. Goal is to design and test such a low cost system for farmers.

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2011 - 2018
Water Sector Trust Fund »
Up-scaling Basic Sanitation for the Urban Poor (UBSUP) in Kenya


To improve the living conditions of the urban poor by offering access to sustainable plot level sanitation and safely managed sludge treatment options for up to 400,000 residents of urban low income areas in Kenya.

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2011 - 2017
ONAS (National Sanitation Office of Senegal)
Structuring the fecal sludge management market for the benefit of poor households in Dakar


To support the creation of a large scale, sustainable sanitation value chain in Dakar, Senegal including mechanized fecal sludge management.

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2011 - 2012
University of Eastern Africa, Baraton
Senecio Iyratipartitus extract for use after anal ablution


To produce a gel-based disinfectant from plant extracts of Senecio lyratipartitus which can be applied to hands. This hand disinfectant can reduce contamination associated with the practice of anal washing among certain communities.

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2011 - 2017
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Municipal-supported unsewered sanitation improvements for the urban-poor


To improve the living conditions of the non-sewered urban-poor in Africa through provision of affordable and sustainable sanitation tools and technologies

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2011 - 2016
LEAD at Krea University »
Communal sanitation solutions for urban slums


To design a new programmatic infrastructure and physical structure that instills a sense of dignity while addressing issues affecting sanitation practices and encouraging community members to stop open-defecating.

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2011 - 2014
SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation)
SPLASH research program on sustainable sanitation service chains in low-income urban areas in Sub-Saharan Africa


Five research projects in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon, Mozambique investigate aspects of sanitation service provision in urban areas, from the household to final disposal.

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2011 - 2013
University College London
Modelling the next generation of sanitation systems


To develop an easy-to-apply simulation tool set up to enable local city managers to assess the implications of adopting alternative sanitation strategies at scale.

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2011 - 2012
LAAMScience Inc.
Reusable self-decontaminating sanitary napkin


To develop a hygienic, reusable menstrual napkin to decrease the incidence of reproductive tract infections acquired from current menstrual practices in developing countries.

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2011 - 2014
University of Maryland
Menstrual management & sanitation systems - Global review of sanitation systems trends and interactions with menstrual management practices


Understanding experiences of women in managing their menstrual periods, including the products that they use, their perceptions of the sanitation facilities they use, and how their periods may impact their daily routines.

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2011 - 2015
North Carolina State University »
Excrevator - Reliable and hygienic pit emptying system using modified power augers


To modify and test a portable, gasoline powered earth auger that can be used to more efficiently and hygienically empty septic tanks, cesspits and latrines.

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2011 - 2013
Stanford University
Integrated mobile sanitation solutions in peri-urban setting


To develop a portable, low-cost household toilet and entrepreneurial service model to deliver a safe, dignified sanitation service in urban slums (the toilet is portable, with removable containers to collect and transport wastes safely from the community)

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2011 - 2013
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Electrically reducing adhesion of sludge to a tank


To test the ability of electricity to change the consistency and adhesive properties of dense solids at the bottom of septic tanks.

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2011 - 2016
Aerosan
Development of a low cost sanitation solution for specific emergency situations


The design is an urban sanitation solution which is low-cost, robust, aesthetic, deployable, and erectable in kit form for areas which have been previously very difficult to serve: high-density urban areas, refugee camps, and flooded areas.

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