Thanks for these! I’ll offer a friendly reminder that low-tech still needs a system behind it too: when a bio-sand filter gets dry, I understand that the bacteria can die, so something will have to be done to maintain the set-up. Tippy-taps need a corresponding behaviour-change to value handwashing. And internet access to watch a video about new lights isn’t good enough where I am in Malawi, so someone would have to teach me directly. All of which isn’t to say that those aren’t great technologies that are more likely to work than something more complicated – just that even the simplest things still need some supports!
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thanks for your post Kristina! I’d like to SHare two other recent blog posts on WASH that have a similar although not exactly the same critique. I wrote this one about Low-Tech Design http://www.triplepundit.com/2016/05/low-tech-design-can-fuel-sustainable-development-goals/
and I really enjoyed this post on the importance of Capacity Building http://washfunders.org/Blog/the-business-case-for-capacity-building?utm_content=buffer123ce&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Thanks for these! I’ll offer a friendly reminder that low-tech still needs a system behind it too: when a bio-sand filter gets dry, I understand that the bacteria can die, so something will have to be done to maintain the set-up. Tippy-taps need a corresponding behaviour-change to value handwashing. And internet access to watch a video about new lights isn’t good enough where I am in Malawi, so someone would have to teach me directly. All of which isn’t to say that those aren’t great technologies that are more likely to work than something more complicated – just that even the simplest things still need some supports!