¿Cómo puede llevar un niño 50 litros de agua a lo largo de una distancia de 5 kilómetros, con relativa facilidad? Pieter Hendrikse ha resuelto el problema gracias a un bidón de polietileno de baja densidad con forma de dónut. Ha reinventado la rueda llenándola de agua, ha creado el Q Drum.
Esto, aunque no resuelve el problema del agua, si que ayuda a quienes tienen que enfrentarse día a día con este problema a llevarlo un poquito mejor.
Recordemos que se estima que unos 300 millones de africanos no tienen acceso cercano a agua potable y 14 países tienen déficit permanente de agua. La deshidratación y el agua de mala calidad es causa de la diarrea y esta a su vez es la segunda causa de mortalidad infantil (se cobra más vidas infantiles que el SIDA, el paludismo y el sarampión juntos: 1,5 millones de niños al año).
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Water is essential to the survival of all forms of life and a clean and accessible supply is a basic need that millions of people around the world do not have. In disadvantaged and rural communities, the trouble of fetching water invariably over long distances by cumbersome and far too often, unhygienic means is all too evident.
The Q Drum is the simple, durable, effective and user-friendly solution to this problem. A device designed to ease the physical burden and reduce the time spent collecting water; thus ultimately improving the lives and well-being of countless people around the world.
Reinventing the Wheel
The idea of the Q Drum originated in response to the needs of rural people in Southern Africa who struggle conveying adequate quantities of potable water from a reliable source. A task generally bestowed on the women and children of each community.
Many debilitating back, neck and spine injuries are a result of women carrying heavy loads on their heads. Generally, the load is limited at best to 15litres per container and therefore requires families to make more than one trip to fetch water each day.
Q Drum addresses the problem of reducing the load yet increasing volume by rolling water in a cylindrical vessel.