http://www.thinkchangeindia.org/2008/10/09/access-to-safe-drinking-water-the-sustainable-way/ Tracking Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation in India Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:32:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thinkchangeindia.org/2008/10/09/access-to-safe-drinking-water-the-sustainable-way/comment-page-1/#comment-3616 Access to Safe Drinking Water, the Sustainable Way | The MiFi Report Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:39:31 +0000 http://thinkchangeindia.wordpress.com/?p=1256#comment-3616 [...] Bridging microfinance and water is a topic that NextBillion.net covered earlier this year, so this is a connection that is working well in some regions and with the support of different organizations, such as ACCESS Development Services and Hindustan Unilever Limited. The vision behind this is that communities may not be able to afford methods that purify water and make it safe for drinking, but using microfinance models allows them to collectively take a loan and repay until they eventually purchase the system…{click here to read the rest of this article} [...] [...] Bridging microfinance and water is a topic that NextBillion.net covered earlier this year, so this is a connection that is working well in some regions and with the support of different organizations, such as ACCESS Development Services and Hindustan Unilever Limited. The vision behind this is that communities may not be able to afford methods that purify water and make it safe for drinking, but using microfinance models allows them to collectively take a loan and repay until they eventually purchase the system…{click here to read the rest of this article} [...]

]]> http://www.thinkchangeindia.org/2008/10/09/access-to-safe-drinking-water-the-sustainable-way/comment-page-1/#comment-3615 Hudson Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:44:14 +0000 http://thinkchangeindia.wordpress.com/?p=1256#comment-3615 I'm not sure if this would be possible in India, but perhaps with a grant from Pepsi, the local municipalities would install chlorination systems to make the drinking water safe for millions of people. Here in the U.S., most cities have put chlorine in their drinking water for about 100 years and it kills all of the harmful bacteria. I’m not sure if this would be possible in India, but perhaps with a grant from Pepsi, the local municipalities would install chlorination systems to make the drinking water safe for millions of people. Here in the U.S., most cities have put chlorine in their drinking water for about 100 years and it kills all of the harmful bacteria.

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