Untapped Shores is harnessing the power of sunlight and salt water to solve the global clean water crisis. Join us on our road to a billion lives impacted.
Project operations in Uganda are back up-and-running!
After a forced shutdown of activities due to COVID-19 our team in Mpigi have made great progress.
One of the Untapped Woman Water Entrepreneurs is operating a… https://t.co/1gCsEjIYQ8
After a brief hault in activities due to COVID, progress in Mpigi, Uganda 🇺🇬 is back on!
Pictured: the building of the platform where the community water tanks will sit. Also pictured is the water kiosk where the… https://t.co/9pDlEoiWf3
COVID-19 Update from the field!
One more way our Pure Shores is helping prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the vulnerable rural villages in Uganda is by producing and supplying mass quantities of Pure Shores chlorine… https://t.co/n0AF56G8bI
These bubbles are a sign of NEW HEALTH for thousands of children in some of the most neglected areas of the world.
These bubbles mean our patented Pure Shores device is producing chlorine.
With Pure Shores… https://t.co/3Q33nRaenN
Here's how our communities in Kenya are preventing COVID-19.
These are the Untapped group handwashing stations. Simple but effective design. With no water wasted, multiple users wash their hands independently with… https://t.co/dcUk1WZgmN
A monumental task achieved in less than two weeks. We're so proud of Jackson, our Untapped Coordinator in Kibera, and his team for working non stop to keep the children from our schools safe during the COVID-19… https://t.co/L8yGEwdeUR
Engaging education is essential to truly change sanitation and hand washing behaviors.
In Uganda, our talented partner, Muhammad, has taken to the airways to get our message out to the masses about the need to wash… https://t.co/BDSUGwYjfq
COVID-19 won't keep the children from the schools we support in Kibera, Kenya from smiling!
A dedicated team has been working nonstop to manufacture and bottle 10,000 bottles of Pure Shores.
The Pure Shores will… https://t.co/3ck23d0HYW
This is Kibera (Kenya).
COVID-19 has reached Kibera.
Keep 6 feet apart...impossible.
Wear a mask...none available.
Stay home...most homeless.
If sick, get treatment...none
The 8,000+ children we serve in… https://t.co/OazOP8iG5b
Untapped group handwashing stations out to dry.
We've taught thousands of children how the simple act of proper washing hands with soap after the latrine use and before eating can keep you safe from common… https://t.co/EYswI6OJod
This morning Seth Godin wrote:
"If you want to know how to work with new or limited resources, find a population that’s used to not having many alternatives."
This resonated. And put a big smile on our faces.
Our… https://t.co/A5bCgcwY8J
Our role is more important than ever.
As the schools in Uganda shut down, we made a pivot to continue to protect the children from COVID-19.
We are now proudly partnering with the Mubende Office of the District… https://t.co/ViYSaEnQfL
COVID-19 prevention is about behavior change.
- Social distancing
- More diligence in handwashing
- Don't touch your face...etc
Our implementation team leaders, like Muhammad, helped shape the Untapped Shores… https://t.co/1RBCTE75s6
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Why is handwashing important for sustainable development?
Handwashing is essential to public health. Without handwashing and adherence to good hygiene practices, the potential benefits of… https://t.co/N3CTwQmTKK
Sneak peak into the Kibera slums.
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I just heard COVID touched down in Kenya. Stay safe Kibera! Thinking of all of you who touched my heart here @untappedshores ❤️ @ Kibera Slums, Niarobi Kenya https://t.co/Li9sDBZ8Qx
Pictures from the field.
In Uganda, the team is mass-producing Pure Shores chlorine and distributing it to create chlorine water (diluted for handwashing), purified water, disinfecting solution.
COVID-19 has… https://t.co/GOWiMAHOJo