For those in the U.S., The Aid & International Development Forum (AIDF) is happening in Washington D.C on June 6-7. It is a free to attend, with a product exhibit, workshop and conferences. The event is dedicated to the effective delivery of humanitarian aid and development solutions. http://www.aidforumonline.org/
One more post, this time dedicated to the group Let it Rain from Rethink Relief 2011. I’m sure you’ll all be happy to know that the four participants dedicated to the design of a rainwater storage and collection system for Gulu, Uganda are back on track. The group has been discussing the possibility of realizing the project still this year. Christoffer Sørensen from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has proposed to further develop the concept Let it Rain as his final masters project. With the support from TU Delft and Caritas Gulu Archdiocese, the original’s team members are currently looking for ways to financially support their project.
In case you have an idea on how to help the group, please contact us via info@rethinkrelief.com Thank you!
Dear all,
Great news! The idea explored in the project Tripure is going to be continued! Solar Dew, a Dutch young company dedicated to water purification, and a group of master students from the Industrial Design Faculty at TU Delft will start a shared project from February on! In collaboration with their team there will be experts from local and international humanitarian organizations, being one of these experts, Joos vd Noortgate, who also participated in Rethink Relief 2011. We are enthusiastic about the future and look forward to see their results. The team will need all the support from our network during the next six months!
About the project
SolarDew® develops systems for water purification with the heat from the sun. Their solutions are based on natural processes of evaporation and condensation and optimized with a new membrane technology.
The goal of this project is to explore the benefits of this technology in the area of emergency relief and/or in the reconstruction phase. The project should result in providing a decentralized drinking water system which can offer clean drinking water to an amount of people (yet to be defined) and can easily be distributed, is maintenance free, low cost, compact and jump starts the rebuilding process from day one by allowing people to return to their homes at an earlier time.
The project entails the full cycle starting with the product design and manufacturing and ending with the disposal of the actual product. To design and realize the entire cycle the distribution, business model, product design and user interaction of the final solution should be developed.
Rethink Relief was a success! This website was re-made in order to thank all participants for their great efforts. We hope this will become a platform for everyone to share information, keep connected and working towards our common goal: to develop products and services that contribute to bridge the humanitarian gap between emergency relief and development.
So welcome everyone! Please feel free to share with everyone ideas, links and projects you know about.
