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social designs winners

Started by daverad · 10 months ago

I just came across a listing of the 2007 designs to improve life and was blown away by these great social innovations.  These awards recognize people who are trying to improve human life everywhere.  I cut and paste my 2 favs below, which is a low cost foot prosthetic and a solar water b ... Continue reading »

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  • Mo

    1 year ago

    This prosthetic foot is great! Let's hope it's production and distribution is propelled forward. Many of these countries with landmine victims have scant prosthetic care and resources in the first place, sometimes with no real access to prosthetists at all. For example, I recently discovered that Belize is the only country in Central America to have no prosthetic services other than an American mission that goes every year. Who would have thought? This group will be making a free-standing clinic with education for local technicians for ongoing care. Here's their site http://www.sonrieministries.org/default.htm

    This would be a great way to teach many communities how to produce these simple but efficient prostheses to promote sustainability in that region.
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