How Anoop Sharma solved the twin challenges of Open Defecation and Lack of Access to Electricity in a village in Bihar 650 million Indians defecate outside daily, exposing the public to 100,000 tons of untreated, disease-spreading feces that kills 450,000 people annually.Also nearly 400 million Indians live without electricity every single day Watch the video to see how Anoop Jain started a project for greater toilet access to the residents of a Bihar village and in the process brought electricity to the village. Anoop began working on health projects in India in 2010. Initially he worked with Tibetan refugees living in northwest India . His focus shifted to sanitation after he traveled to Bihar, Indias poorest state and was shocked to witness thousands of Indians defecating outside,and this is how he founded Humanure Power. Humanure power builds community toilets to counter India’s sanitation crisis. They maintain their facilities by harnessing the methane gas produced by human waste to generate electricity and charge portable batteries. Community members rent these batteries to power small household electronics.Humanure Power opened its pilot community sanitation facility on July 10 2014 with 20 toilets total - 10 for men and 10 for women. Since then, it has already over 17,000 users, while hygienically disposing of 8 tons of human excreta. Proud to be an Indian Salutes Anoop Jain for his innovative ideas and efforts to give proper sanitation facilities for all.By making toilets that convert human waste into energy which can be used to charge 12-volt batteries for household use, Anoop is solving the twin problems of open defecation and deposing of human waste and also access to electricity for poor people in Bihar.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 13:31:06 +0000