E-Mail: deepti.thebodhitree@gmail.com Phone: +91 97429 47041
1.Health
What is the Social Issue we are solving?
Lack of toilets leads to open defecation in turn giving rise to a lot of communicable diseases. #health
Lack of toilets makes girls drop out of schools once they start menstruating. #education
Lack of toilets leads to deterioration in productivity of the working force in low income families. Health hazards also lead to a lot of earned income being spent on well being #livelihoods
Lack of toilets leads to safety and security hazards, specifically for children and women. Unavailability of private space for defecation and bath makes it easier for sexual abuse, child trafficking. #safety
Access to clean toilets is a matter of dignified lifestyle #dignity.
Who is the Solution For?
Everyone from low income families who does not have access to toilet in their homes, schools, work places like construction sites, common areas.
Under-served Community where this solution can be Deployed
Government Schools, Shelter homes, Slums, Rural areas.
How is the Solution solving this social issue?
Makeshift toilets come with overhead water storage and the structure designed to carry 1.5 ton of water tanks. With the narrow laneways, really narrow stairways and lack of regular and consistent power sources, water et al, in many under-served communities, conventional construction methods have limitations. Having a light modular construction system like bolt-able heavy duty slotted angle iron frames makes this a flexible and light option also considering that the existing foundations are not equipped to add another conventional floor. Thus the makeshift toilets are a very well thought of and engineered solution to the problem of lack of access to toilets.
Sustainability of the Solution
The toilets are constructed with sturdy, sustainable materials. In the case of a bio-toilet, the bacteria in the digester needs to be changed every one year. The hygiene of the toilet has to be maintained to ensure no communicable diseases spread through usage of common toilets. Given all these, the toilets can become a permanent infrastructure in under-served communities.
Expected Outcome of the Solution
- Access to dignified toilets in homes, schools, work place.
- Reduction in spread of communicable diseases caused by open defecation.
- Safety and Security for women.
Testimonial from Philanthropists
“We take toilets for granted. In privileged families, every house has an average of 3 toilets. We were very happy to set up these toilets in our village. ” says one of our high net-worth philanthropist who has donated toilets in schools in his hometown.
Having A Toilet Is A Birth Right
Makeshift Houses for Migrant low-income families
Let's Eat Right: Nutrition Board Games And Nutrition Awareness For Underserved Communities
They deserve to study with their head held high
Let's Teach Her About Sustainable Mentruation
2.Education
What is the Social Issue we are solving?
The Covid 19 pandemic has pointed out to us, the huge digital divide in education in India and the learning loss that resulted because of that. While children from privileged schools soon shifted to online schooling, children from many low income families completely lost education during the lock down period and many even dropped out of schools eventually.
Who is the Solution For?
Children
Under-served Community where this solution can be Deployed
Government Schools and Low-income schools.
How is the Solution solving this social issue?
Digital solutions in schools help with accelerated learning for children. Personal digital equipment like tabs and low-cost laptops, loaded with education material (even in vernacular languages) help students with self study. The digital learning modules and progress can also be centrally monitored by the teachers. In this day of technology, where it is imperative for children from low income schools also to cope with technology for better careers and exposure, the digital solutions provide great support in this digital transformation for schools, teachers and children.
Sustainability of the Solution
The digital solutions can be used by schools for a very long time. The personal digital tabs can be used by the child till they complete education and can then pass it on to the next junior class.
Expected Outcome of the Solution
A level playing field is created for children from all socio-economic backgrounds to learn. This will result in level playing fields in the future in careers and jobs too.
Testimonial from Philanthropists
“I see the disparity when my son teaches me how to operate my phone and when I see children from low income families who do not know of the positive power of digital learning, internet etc. The digital solutions could be a great gamechanger for children in Government schools and their families to have a great future and careers.”
Eco friendly furniture in schools
Having a Toilet Is A Birth Right
Revolutionizing English learning through Artificial Intelligence
STEM: Let’s create more Abdul Kalams and Kalpana Chawlas in low-income schools.
Sustainable Classrooms anywhere
The most stylish playscapes in the most under-served children communities
They deserve to study with their head held high
Wheelchair, customized to needs
3.Living With Dignity
What is the Social Issue we are solving?
In most shelter homes, children do not have a private space to call their own. This leads to two issues.
- The orphanage building is invariable too small to accommodate the large number of children and yet they also have many new children joining in every now and then. Thus the space utilization in the shelter homes is not optimized.
- In shelter homes with girl children, it becomes all the more imperative to provide the girl children with their own private, secured space to sleep especially after they reach the age of puberty. But the shelter homes are unable to provide this.
Who is the Solution For?
Children in shelter homes.
Under-served Community where this solution can be Deployed
Shelter homes.
How is the Solution solving this social issue?
The DIY Bunk Beds are built using sustainable materials and usually with the help of the employee volunteers of the sponsoring organization. The bunk beds give the orphanage better utilization of space and a dignified personal space for each child.
Faces of children masked on purpose.
Sustainability of the Solution
The bunk beds are made of sturdy, sustainable materials and are a long term living solution in orphanages.
Expected Outcome of the Solution
- Dignified living.
- Safety and secured feeling, especially for girl children
Dignified living in shelter homes – Bunkbeds for children
Eco friendly furniture in schools
Having a Toilet Is A Birth Right
Let's Teach Her About Sustainable Mentruation
They deserve to study with their head held high
Makeshift Houses for Migrant low-income families
Sustainable Classrooms anywhere
4.Professional Skilling
What is the Social Issue we are solving?
The Covid 19 pandemic has pointed out to us, the huge digital divide in education in India and the learning loss that resulted because of that. While children from privileged schools soon shifted to online schooling, children from many low income families completely lost education during the lock down period and many even dropped out of schools eventually.
Who is the Solution For?
Children
Under-served Community where this solution can be Deployed
Government Schools and Low-income schools
How is the Solution solving this social issue?
Digital solutions in schools help with accelerated learning for children. Personal digital equipment like tabs and low-cost laptops, loaded with education material (even in vernacular languages) help students with self study. The digital learning modules and progress can also be centrally monitored by the teachers. In this day of technology, where it is imperative for children from low income schools also to cope with technology for better careers and exposure, the digital solutions provide great support in this digital transformation for schools, teachers and children.
Sustainability of the Solution
The digital solutions can be used by schools for a very long time. The personal digital tabs can be used by the child till they complete education and can then pass it on to the next junior class.
Expected Outcome of the Solution
A level playing field is created for children from all socio-economic backgrounds to learn. This will result in level playing fields in the future in careers and jobs too.
Testimonial from Philanthropists
“I see the disparity when my son teaches me how to operate my phone and when I see children from low income families who do not know of the positive power of digital learning, internet etc. The digital solutions could be a great gamechanger for children in Government schools and their families to have a great future and careers.”
Bridging the digital gap through Digital Classrooms and Digital Education Solutions in underserved schools
Wheelchair, customized to needs
Revolutionizing English learning through Artificial Intelligence
Virtual Reality enabled skilling solutions in low-income colleges
5.Environment and Sustainability
What is the Social Issue we are solving?
In most shelter homes, children do not have a private space to call their own. This leads to two issues.
- The orphanage building is invariable too small to accommodate the large number of children and yet they also have many new children joining in every now and then. Thus the space utilization in the shelter homes is not optimized.
- In shelter homes with girl children, it becomes all the more imperative to provide the girl children with their own private, secured space to sleep especially after they reach the age of puberty. But the shelter homes are unable to provide this.
Who is the Solution For?
Children in shelter homes.
Under-served Community where this solution can be Deployed
Shelter homes.
How is the Solution solving this social issue?
The DIY Bunk Beds are built using sustainable materials and usually with the help of the employee volunteers of the sponsoring organization. The bunk beds give the orphanage better utilization of space and a dignified personal space for each child.
Faces of children masked on purpose.
Sustainability of the Solution
The bunk beds are made of sturdy, sustainable materials and are a long term living solution in orphanages.
Sustainability of the Solution
The bunk beds are made of sturdy, sustainable materials and are a long term living solution in orphanages.
Dignified living in shelter homes – Bunkbeds for children
Eco friendly furniture in schools
Having a Toilet is a birth right
The most stylish playscapes in the most under-served children communities
Makeshift Houses for Migrant low-income families
Sustainable Classrooms anywhere
6.Disability and Inclusion
What is the Social Issue we are solving?
Movement is a law of nature and life, and mobility is a basic human right.
Every year, five lakh wheelchairs are sold in India. 95% of all wheelchairs sold in India are one-size-fits-all. They restrict mobility, damage health, and lower self-confidence. Few wheelchair users can safely and independently transfer into tricycles and modified scooters. Consequently, they are confined indoors.
Public transport and the built environment have posed insurmountable barriers, not only to leaving home, but also to their opportunities for health education, employment and leisure.
Who is the Solution For?
Persons on wheelchair who are ambitious, want to get educated, empoloyed, breathe fresh air, be independent, want to finish a marathon and Live life to the fullest !
Persons with locomotor disability.
- Spinal Cord Injury – Paraplegia
- Polio
- Lower limb amputation
Not suitable for Neurological causes of LD – Cerebral Palsy, Stroke. Muscular Dystrophy
Under-served Community where this solution can be Deployed
- Special schools for PwDs
- NGOs that work on rehabilitation, education, livelihoods of persons with disabilities
- Hospitals treating bone, locomotor, orthopedic issues.
- Large campuses
- Para-Atheletes
- Employable youth with disabilities
How is the Solution solving this social issue?
This is a personalized wheelchair designed to enhance health and lifestyle. It’s 18 customizations ensure a perfect fit to the user’s needs. It is efficient to propel. A 30% smaller footprint enhances accessibility of narrow spaces. It’s cushion is designed to enhance skin care, stability, & ease of transfer. The design conforms to the user’s body, making the user more visible than the wheelchair.
The wheelchair comes with a motor-powered clip-on which converts it into a safe, roadworthy vehicle. It enables wheelchair users to go out into the world, explore life, get employed and have fun! This arrangement eliminates the need to transfer into other vehicles and can be independently attached by the user. It has a maximum speed of 25 kmph and travels up to 25 km per charge. It can be safely used on uneven terrains. It will empower wheelchair users with a low-cost mode of outdoor mobility.
The 18 user customizations are arrived at by remotely assessing 6 user measurements and 30 data-points on health and lifestyle. An easy to read prescription is generated by the clinical service and is approved by the user.
Products with comparable features are available only in the global market and are three times as expensive.
Expected Outcome of the Solution
The beneficiary wheelchair users are likely to be more independent and happier, reflected through the following indicators: Increase in distance and frequency of travel, Travel for livelihood, Improved savings OR earnings
Wheelchair, customized to needs
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E-Mail: deepti.thebodhitree@gmail.com
Phone: +91 97429 47041