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Innovators ahead!
We aim to identify and foster innovative technologies and organizations that work to solve basic supply problems around the globe.
Solutions
empowering people. Network supports innovative organizations that improve basic supply issues around the globe. Learn more about these incredible entrepreneurs and their impactful solutions in our database below.
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Water & SanitationSuMeWa|SYSTEM: Solar Driven Drinking Water Treatment for Remote Regions
The SuMeWa|SYSTEM removes impurities from water to provide safe drinking water supply in rural locations. -
Water & SanitationMakaPads
MakaPads are affordable menstrual hygiene products for girls, allowing girls to focus on their education and well-being. -
Water & SanitationNazava Water Filters
Using activated carbon and anti-microbial silver, Nazava Water Filters remove 99.9% of bacteria from water. -
Food SecurityDesert Greenhouse
The Desert Greenhouse turns wasted sandy land into arable land fit to grow 30 different kinds of fruits and vegetables. -
Clean EnergyWAFFCO
WAFFCO is a universal solid biogenic fuel-fired furnace with a closed combustion chamber. -
Food SecurityCafé Compadre
Café Compadre’s solution produces “green” roast coffee that is processed with renewable energy sources.
Organizations
The organizations that make up empowering people. Network range from non-profit organizations to for-profit, social impact institutions. All organizations, and the people behind them, have one thing in common: to better the lives of those in need, primarily throughout the Global South. Learn more in our database below.
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epUpdate Newsletter
epUpdate May 2021
This month’s empowering people. Update features – among other things – exciting news about Livox and Bempu, two epNetwork members, and their UNDP nomination and win. This plus interesting blog posts, news, events, and much more. Dear members, partners and friends… Read more-
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COVID-19 success stories – a blog series: Nonspec
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epUpdate May 2021
About the Network
We aim to make promising low-tech solutions accessible
On a daily basis, millions of people face immense basic supply challenges which could be met by implementing appropriate technological solutions. Such solutions can not only level out acute deficits but also offer diverse opportunities for independent economic activities coupled with urgently needed income for those on the ground.
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