Sian White, Joel Trotter, Richard Kwarteng
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(Left to right) Tippy Tap, Oxfam hand-washing station and SolaWash Sian White, Joel Trotter, Richard Kwarteng
In times of health emergencies and humanitarian disasters where water is scarce, people worldwide have relied on the Tippy Tap. It s a DIY hand-washing station developed by aid workers that can be made fast with readily available materials: sticks, string and a water container.
But for heavy-duty use washing up several times a day during a pandemic that has stretched beyond a year, for example a makeshift Tippy Tap just won t cut it.