Helioz GmbH

As of 2013, more than 780 million people lack access to safe and clean drinking water. Many of them are children and women living in rural areas of developing countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Asia or Latin America. Contaminated water ...

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft

WAFFCO (Waste-Fuel Free Combustion) is a universal solid biogenic fuel-fired furnace with closed combustion chamber. It is constructed mainly of clay and metal, and designed to replace open-fire stoves.

WAFFCO is a closed biomass burning ...

Integrated Solar Cooking

WAPI stands for Water Purification Indicator. WAPIs are small, handmade devices that tell you when water has reached 146 degrees F, the minimum temperature required for pasteurization. Once pasteurized, water is microbe-free and safe to drink ...

Groasis Technology

Waterboxx is an inexpensive integrated planting technology that allows for the planting of trees in degraded farmland and rangelands. Consisting mainly of a 20-liter box, Waterboxx is placed around a young seedling at the transplanting stage ...

Wecyclers

Wecyclers solves the urban waste challenge for households and recyclers. Wecyclers uses a fleet of low-cost cargo bicycles to offer convenient household recycling service in densely populated low-income neighborhoods. We motivate families to ...

Wello Water

Wello Water has developed a wide range of concepts and designs in collaboration with the WaterWheel’s intended users, and identified the features that were most important to them. The resulting prototype is the WaterWheel 2.0.

Women spend ...

Wonderbag

The Wonderbag is a heat-retention cooking bag.

A Wonderbag is an insulated bag in which people can cook anything from meaty stews and vegetable curries to simple rice and soups. You kick-start the cooking process by heating your pot of food on ...

Worldreader

Worldreader’s mission is to make digital books available to all in the developing world, enabling millions of people to improve their lives. Digital technology is sharply reducing the cost and complexity of delivering reading material ...

Fenik

Evaptainers are electricity-free mobile refrigeration units which run at a low cost. Utilizing the phenomenon of evaporative cooling, rather than more energy-intensive vapor compression refrigeration, the Evaptainer is ideal for use in ...

D.light Design

Flexible design: The modular d.light D330 system enables you to create your unique solar home or business. Power saver mode: The D330 automatically adjusts light brightness when the battery is low to extend light runtime by an additional hour ...

D.light Design

Brilliance on a budget: The affordable d.light S3 Solar Lantern provides our customers with solar light at a great value. The sturdy design is built to withstand daily use, with a product lifetime of over five years. The highly efficient solar ...

D.light Design

The d.light S30 solar powered lantern provides up to 8 hours of 365 degree illumination on a single charge. Its design allows for dynamic applications whether hung from a ceiling for room lighting, pointed for spotlighting or carried for ...

D.light Design

The d.light S500 provides bright white light at a wide angle, enabling the illumination of an entire room. The S500 features 4 brightness settings, providing up to 16 hours of bright light (100 hours on the bed light setting). The USB-enabled ...

Fundacion enVia

Fundación enVía combines tourism, education, and micro-finance to fight poverty in Oaxaca, Mexico. By providing interest-free micro loans to help women start or expand their small businesses, enVia facilitates social change and generates real ...

invi world

In response to the widespread problem of sexual violence, invi world has developed a self-defense product that enables women to protect themselves. The invi bracelet contains a breakable capsule filled with an unpleasant odoriferous substance ...

mWater

WASH (water sanitation and hygiene) represents a cornerstone of health and wellbeing for communities around the world. Waterborne disease is the second leading cause of death for children aged 0-5 and a leading indicator of the first leading ...