In Malewa Kenya, lack of soap and knowledge about sanitation and personal hygiene contribute to poor health conditions. Our team is working with community members, schools, and Industry’s Humanitarian Support Alliance NGO (IHSAN) to develop a sustainable approach to conquer these problems. Our three main objectives are to (a) establish a program through which young community members can produce a basic soap for themselves and their community, (b) educate Malewan students about proper sanitation, hygiene and water purification, and (c) assist a local business that will provide jobs for the community and to facilitate the basic soap production program. Through these initiatives, we will provide Malewans with a sustainable supply of soap and an educational system to help them use it properly.

Creator

• Connolly, Matt
• Nguyen, Vu D.
• Gottshall, Alyssa
• VerLee, Nathaniel
• Muniz, Edwin
• O'Brien, Mike

Contributors

• Apelian, Diran

Subject

• Recover, Reuse, Recycle

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• GPS1352

Year

• 2008

Date created

• 2008-01-01

Resource type

• Poster

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Last modified

• 2022-03-04