WATER AROUND THE WORLD - When Cynthia Koenig, a young social - TopicsExpress



          

WATER AROUND THE WORLD - When Cynthia Koenig, a young social entrepreneur from New York, learned that millions of girls and women around the world spend hours each day collecting water from distant sources, she decided to create a new way to help people in poor communities transport water and its called the WaterWheel. Koenigs WaterWheel allows people to roll water in a 50-liter container versus carrying it in 5 gallon (19 liter) jugs. Koenig estimates that the WaterWheel can save women 35 hours per week in water transport time, as well as prevent the physical strain that comes from balancing 40 pounds of water on top of their heads for hours each day. Read more...
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:08:46 +0000

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