Summary of Our Project

This is a short summary of what our team plans to accomplish this summer:

The Hubli Water and Health Project strives to accomplish three distinct initiatives that collectively aim to improve the water quality and health of the S.M. Krishna Nagar neighborhood in Hubli. The first initiative aims to maintain and expand education programs currently being taught in the school based on feedback from college volunteers and the school itself, as well as begin community water nights to disseminate information about water quality issues and water filter use. The second initiative aims to update and continue health/water/sanitation data collection in the community through our partnership with KIMS and expand the scope of the surveys to address the impact of the upcoming rainwater harvesting system at the Rajiv Gandhi Primary School. The third initiative seeks to launch a self-sustaining water filter kiosk (store) owned and operated by a local entrepreneur. The kiosk will be financed through a start-up subsidy and sustained through a partnership with a microfinace NGO.

- Nina