Innovations that would save the world

Water Wheels

Two South African brothers created a Q-Drum that can be rolled or pulled across any hard and bumpy terrain, without causing a leak. The Q-Drum is made of a super-sturdy poly-ethylene. It can hold up to 50 litres of water. This drum is multipurpose as it can be used to transport grain and other food items.

This will change the way the women and girls in rural areas gather water. Most of the rural areas don’t have water nearby, they are often located far from their homes. They often forgo school and employment because of the necessity of bringing water. This invention will change their life dramatically. The women and girls need not shoulder the arduous, time-consuming task of gathering water for living.

LifeStraw

LifeStraw is invented by a Swiss company Vestergaard. It is a portable filter that eliminates 99.9% of all waterborne bacteria and parasites. Each straw of LifeStraw can clean up to 1000 litres of water. This device has been distributed in more than 64 countries.

Sanitation and hygiene is a biggest problem in the world. Availability of clean drinking water is another. One in nine people in the world lack access to clean drinking water. As a result, more than 3.4mn people die every year because of water borne diseases. Children are hit the most. Almost 2 mn of these 3.4 mn is children. This innovation LifeStraw will save millions of life in the world.

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Test of Vinegar

Cervical cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. This is mainly due to the lack of medical professionals and also affordable diagnostic tests.

An easily administrable test with Vinegar is shown to reduce the cervical cancer deaths by nearly one third. It is a diagnostic test devised by Jhpiego, a non-profit organisation in association with John Hopkins University. They are working to make this test available all over the world.