The Adventure Project is an NGO training African and Indian men and women in the fine art of water pump mechanics.
This is no small issue given that a billion people on the planet lack daily access to healthy water, leading to 4,000 children globally dying from insufficient water.
Daily.
This is just another context where design will be key to creating happier communities, starting with basics. Instead of squandering their school years memorizing what’s two Google clicks away, how could we aim education as this kind of design? With billions of people in 2012 lacking daily access to healthy water, local food, and toilets, it is absolutely unconscionable that any student in the world would do learning that didn’t further this kind of access.
Absolutely unconscionable.
