Hippo Roller Simple ideas. Changing
“Freedom alone is not enough, without light to read at night, without time or access to water to irrigate your farm, without the ability to catch fish to feed your family.”
Nelson Mandela
The
mission of Hippo Roller is to bring global awareness to the unjust suffering caused by water insecurity...
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WHAT IS A HIPPO ROLLER
Designed to remove the burden of carrying heavy buckets of water from the heads of women and children by simply rolling.
A maintenance-free design to cope in tough rural terrain lasting many years while moving four times more water more easily.
Hippo Roller's rounded edges enable the elderly to effortlessly ‘roll’ the drum into the upright position to access and pour water by tilting the drum.
Hippo Roller is designed with a large opening for easy filling from a wide variety of water collection points. The design also facilitates regular cleaning of the interior
The mini-cap in the centre of the large cap facilitates simple irrigation of food gardens and hygienic water dispensing using a common soda bottle top.
The Stainless steel handle does not corrode and easily clips into recesses at the ends of the drum.
BASIC & ESSENTIAL NEEDS MUST BE MET
It starts with access to clean water and reducing the difficulty of carrying it home.
KEY CONCERNS
CITIZEN HEALTH & NOURISHMENT ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
Communities must have the ability Freeing up time empowers women leading to economic well being.
WHY IMPROVED WATER PORTABILITY
CHANGES LIVES
MORE TIME
DIGNITY RESTORED OPPORTUNITY
to focus on education, productivity, work, and play through improved health, hygiene and poverty alleviation for people unfairly afflicted by water scarcity to empower themselves
The burden of traditional methods of water porting
The immediate relief a Hippo Roller provides
GLOBAL WATER STATISTICS
WHAT WE KNOW
2.1 billion people are impacted by severe water scarcity.
COMMUNITIES SUFFER WHEN WOMEN AREN'T EMPOWERED...
19 litres (5 gal) of water per day currently support the average African family. This excludes agricultural use.
6 km (3.7 miles) is the daily average distance travelled by women and children to collect water.
Women and children spend more than an hour every day fetching water, often multiple times a day. This gruelling task is considered menial and disproportionately falls on women. Long walks to collect water often on their heads and shoulders causes health risks. Carrying heavy loads of water so frequently leads to musculoskeletal damage and early degeneration of bones and tissue. Most women carry around 19 litres (5 gallons) of water per day on their heads. This can lead to headaches, issues with childbirth, and premature ageing of the spine.
200 million hours are spent each day just collecting water.
The time spent porting water limits all women from pursuing their education, family time and economic opportunities.
Simple ideas. Changing lives.
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HIPPO ROLLER PARTNERSHIP WITH WFP
In excess of 3,200 Hippo Rollers deployed in Tanzania, Somalia, Chad and Mozambique together with WF P "The introduction of the Hippo Rollers in WFP supported primary schools has significantly reduced the daily burden on women and children for collection of water in drought prone food insecure districts in Tanzania"
- Richard Ragan
United Republic of Tanzania Representative and Country Directo
Hippo Roller impacts 11 of the 17 United Nations SDG's
HOW HIPPO ROLLER IMPACTS SDG6
The primary goal of SDG6 is to "achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all" by 2030. The Hippo Roller is an important last-mile solution to this challenge.
Hippo Roller removes that burden and increases the volume of water that people can carry (up to 90 litres/24 gallons) meaning less trips are required. Empowering themselves and focusing more of their time on... education and economic well being
Hippo Roller has deployed many innovative 3rd party products which further increases the Hippo Roller’s effectiveness: water filters, purification products, drip-irrigation, seeds and gardening tools.
Simple ideas. Changing lives.
