Thanks to all your support, we have funded 75 Hippo Rollers for Kgautswane in South Africa! Our initial target was 50, which we met in less than two weeks. Project H will be on the ground to hand deliver the rollers on March 26-29th, and will report back with photos, details, and more.

STAY TUNED THIS SUMMER FOR OUR NEXT “FUND THIS PRODUCT” INITIATIVE

If you’d still like to donate, it’s not too late! Any additional donations made via the Paypal link below will go directly to Hippo Roller (not Project H) and will not be included in this batch of 75 rollers. But any additional support is greatly appreciated and will go towards future roller deliveries throughout Africa.

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What’s a Hippo Roller and how is Project H involved?
The Hippo Roller is a simple rolling barrel device that allows the millions whose livelihoods depend on the daily fetching of water to more easily access and transport their daily water supply, and reduce the risk of long-term bodily injuries. The roller holds 3-4 days worth of water for a family of 7, about 5 times the amount of water that can be moved using traditional methods, which frees up time for more productive economic and educational activities. It’s an amazing product and an amazing story of good design enabling communities.At the end of March, Project H will be traveling to South Africa to visit the Hippo Roller’s manufacturer and headquarters, and will personally hand over fifty rollers to a community in Northeastern South Africa in need of enabling water systems. The rollers are a gesture of support and a catalyst for more collaboration on larger water systems projects within Kgautswane. ——————————–
What we funded: 75 Hippo Rollers for a group of 17 villages in the Kgautswane community of Northeast South Africa- total population 120,000Total amount raised: $7500 (50 rollers, $100 each- $90 for production and $10 for delivery- Project H did not take any part of your donation)DONATE DIRECTLY TO HIPPO ROLLER USING THE PAYPAL LINK BELOW:

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Kickstart, an organization promoting tools and technologies to end poverty, has found a great product that solves immediate problems and stimulates potential local economies. It’s called the MoneyMaker Micro-Irrigation Pump, available as the Original design or the new Super pump, and it allows rural small-scale farmers to pull water from underground to more efficiently irrigate their farms. Many thousands of entrepreneurial farmers are now irrigating with Kickstart’s manual MoneyMaker irrigation pumps and changing their small subsistence farms into vibrant new commercial enterprises. With irrigation they can grow and sell as many as three to four high value vegetable crops every year, and ensure that the crop is ready for market when the price is high. The pump is currently being distributed throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. See exactly how it works here.

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The Watercone makes salt and brackish water fresh using only the sun, evaporation, and a simple, portable plastic cone. Every day 5000 children die as a result of unsafe water-related diseases, and Watercone provides up to 1.6 liters a day, covering all of a child’s daily water needs. The process is simple- fill the black base pan with salty or brackish water, float the cone on top. The black pan absorbs sunlight and heats up the water to support evaporation. Through condensation, the evaporated water collects in the form of droplets on the inner wall of the cone. These droplets trickle down the inner wall into a circular trough at the inner base of the cone. The cone can then be flipped over and the fresh water poured out.

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