Relieve the burden of carrying water for the women of East Timor
Help get the Q-Drum – the rollable water container - into the hands of the women of Oecusse, East Timor.
Fully Funded!
Number of products requested:
30 Q Drums
Total funds required to implement proposal:
$6,172
The total project amount has been adjusted to reflect currency fluctuations for product cost and shipping between the US dollar and the South African Rand. For details, please see the attached proposal (below) with a full budget breakdown.
Problem to be addressed:
In East Timor, half of the population does not have access to potable water. Many families live very far from a water source. Women and girls are tasked with collecting and carrying water for daily household use over very long distances sometimes more than six times per day. They currently carry the water in 5 litre plastic jerry-cans. This is a huge physical and time burden on the women.
How will these technologies address this problem?
The Q-Drums will be used as a pilot to introduce the women to this new product. They will be able to borrow and test the Q-Drums and see whether they prefer them to the current containers that they use. This pilot is intended to introduce a new product into the market and for the community to see for themselves how much less time and effort is required to transport water for household use. Centro Feto will also determine during this time what the market value of the Q-Drum will be (how much the community is willing to pay for it – likely this would be similar to the cost of the 5 litre jerry cans they currently use).
It is expected that following the pilot phase, Centro Feto will submit a request for another 100 Q-Drums. These Q-Drums will then be sold or rented to the community, with the revenue earned going towards operational costs of Centro Feto.
