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Our Plan

The basic plan is to make a cheap Chlorine Dispenser System (CDS) that has minimum number of components in it (to reduce the cost) and does not require electricity to function.

We will then look for reliable and efficient suppliers that can provide the components, required to assemble the CDS, directly to the community. The community would be taught how to assemble and repair the CDS.

We will also establish a supply chain in the market to provide chlorine water in correct concentrations such that it can be directly used in the CDS.

One of our main aims and also one of the most important objectives is to keep the cost of CDS and packaged chlorine water as low as possible such that it does not increase the financial burden on the target community.

Target Community

• CDS is not aimed for middle class or upper middle class
• Our main focus would be on lower middle class
• People in the Rs 3000-10,000 monthly salary bracket
• We will also establish Community CDS that is CDS shared by a group of people like in public schools, hospitals, construction sites, factories etc.

Participant Community

• Near Mayur Vihar Metro Station
• Farming community
• Do not possess any other skills. Are of the view that no one is born skilled and each new skill can be learnt with proper training.
• They do not own the land on which the work. It is owned by the agricultural authority of India
• 3-5 men(ie. All men who are there in a family) share and divide amongst themselves the small piece of land they work on.
• They make on an average Rs 100-Rs 150 per day
• Average Number of members in a family=6
• Women also work on farms, but only as disguised labour
• Seasonal Employment
• Positive sign is that children go to a nearby government school to study
• Another positive sign is that they are ready to spare 2-4 hours a day for our project
• No electricity in area.
• Not allowed by authorities to make “pakka houses”. Hence have to live in temporary ‘jhopdis’.
• Drink groundwater. A recent Ground Water Quality Report states that groundwater in many parts of Delhi and India is not suitable for drinking and exceeds drinking water standards. Groundwater may contain harmful substances such as nitrates, pathogens, trace metals, inorganic constituents and organic compounds.

Chlorine Water Purification

• Chlorine dispenser system used by over 1 million people in Africa
• WHO promotes use of dilute chlorine water for purification. Chlorine provides protection from recontamination for over 24 hours.
• Chlorine dispenser system is being piloted in many other countries through Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• 98% of water treatment facilities in USA use some form of chlorination

Need for Chlorine Water Purification in India

• 97 million people in India do not have access to clean drinking water
• 88% of diarrheal diseases due to unsafe water
• Lack of clean drinking water kills children at a rate equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing every four hours
• Groundwater in many parts of India is not suitable for drinking

A Small amount spent on Chlorine Dispenser System is a Long term Investment

Vinod is one of the members of the farming community we met. He has a wife, 3 boys and two girls. One of his boys is married. So in total there are 8 members in his family out of which only 4 make a significant contribution to the family income. Suppose he makes Rs 100 per day. Also out of that suppose he spends Rs 10 per day on one particular boy for his food, education and other basic needs. Unfortunately when that boy got to 5 years of age he got diarrhea due to contaminated drinking water.