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Rooted in Research, Handwashing Stations Designed to Encourage Kids to Wash Their Hands
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Is good to pay attention to how to improve handwashing for kids; the above new designs are an improvement, but not a breakthrough and still focussed on the existing designs, because the most persistent problems are not yet dealt with
FairWater.org has developed several innovative handwash units, one on which the Tap is NOT opened by hand, but by pressing a foot-operated valve (based on the Camping car unit) so the kids have their hands free and less water is used and the Taps are not touched by dirty hands, so more hygienic. Another unit is a very sturdy design for rural schools, with a 1.000-liter tank to be filled up with handpump water (preferably the reliable FairWater BluePump) with 6 self-closing taps in a circle, that especially deals with the problem of wastewater storage, which is done below the unit in a drainage pit.
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Paul van Beers
FairWater Foundation