http://www.changemakers.com/node/6722
I found Himanshu Parikh who won the Tapping Local Innovation: Unclogging the Water and Sanitation Crisis in 2008 for Changemakers.org.
Here is how she describes the project:
"* Slum Networking exploits the correlation between slums and the natural riverine paths of the city to improve the environment and provide quality, gravity based, house-to-house water, sanitation, storm drainage, roads and landscaping at costs lower than the conventional ‘slum’ solutions such as public standposts and community latrines. The various components of infrastructure are bundled for economy and integrated from micro to macro level with respect to topography. It uses innovations such as holistic computer modeling, earth management, constructive landscaping, using roads as storm channels, miniature appurtenances, storm flushing of sewerage and self ventilated manh***s to improve performance and reduce cost.
* The water and environmental sanitation infrastructure in turn stimulates massive community investment in its own shelter. We have demonstrated that the `poor’ can, in conducive circ**stances, mobilise huge resources, especially when coupled with constructive partnerships with the government and the private sector. This latent strength is tapped to remove aid dependency. The knock on impact on health, education and incomes is substantial and rapid."
I shared her success on my Facebook page, and joined Changemakers so I could congratulate her on her success.
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