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Improving Water and Sanitation Resources Online: An Interview with Akvo's Peter van der Linde

Akvo has developed a concept called ‘ Really Simple Reorting’ to allow field teams that work on development projects to share short text and picture based updates online via SMS. Budiya, Kutch, 16 December 2008.I recently had the opportunity to connect with Peter van der Linde, the co-founder and director of Akvo. Akvo is a platform dedicated to realizing drinking water and sanitation projects in developing countries across the globe.

A Note about Toilets (and Social Entrepreneurship)

I can think of no better introduction to the topic of sanitation than the words of a former professor of mine: "I know its seems mundane and a little gross," she said to our class, "but what a society chooses to do with its poop and pee is one of the most important public health decisions it can make."  Despite the importance of sanitation reform in the developing world, it has to be one of the least glamorous fields out there.  Until recently, that is.

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