Innocentive announces in a press release that the Rockefeller Foundation will contribute with 200% of the amount collected through Global Giving to fund a project on rain harvesting in Kerala , where a solution proposed by Sustainable Technologies was awarded the first prize in an international challenge.
Foundation
Rain harvesting in Kerala. (India)
First prize of the Rockefeller Foundation for solving the problem of rain harvesting in Kerala.
Problem:
- To build a tank of at least 6 m3 capacity for rain harvesting during the Monsoon, that costs less than 120 US$ and does not need machinery for the transport and erection. Furthermore, it must be mounted on weak consistency ground, with underground water that comes up during the Monsoon.
- To create job places for low income inhabitants, specially for women.
- Use only local materials.
Our solution:
A 8 m3 capacity tank designed to be easily erected by two women by assembling locally made vegetable fibre-cement panels. Our design reduces the erection time to only 2 days and the cost of 120 US$ to the final customer leaves a margin of 30 US$ for the workers. The carbon emissions calculated for the whole process of fabrication are null.
