SustainTech company Wayout in collaboration with the global organization The Hunger Project

This November, Wayout introduces their revolutionizing water concept at The Hunger Project’s Epicenter in Namayumba outside Kampala, Uganda. Wayout’s concept enables access to 70,000 liters perfect drinking water every month and creates business oportunities for The Hunger Project through sales of competitively priced locally produced drinking water. The Hunger Project and Wayout aim to increase the use of safe drinking water in the region and thereby also increase health and general wellbeing. After evaluation of Wayout’s concept, the ambition is to implement the system at all THP’s Epicenters across Africa.

“We are very proud and excited to be able to pilot our concept together with The Hunger Project. The increasing global challenges we face as humanity, with economic inequity, climate change and pandemics, are to a large extent created through upholding out-dated systems for food and beverage production and distribution”, says Ulf Stenerhag, CEO, Wayout. “If there’s one thing 2020 has taught us, it’s that we no longer can rely on global value chains. We must change our ways, we must start to produce locally and become sustainably self-sufficient. Water is life.”

The lack of access to safe drinking water is a growing problem across the planet. Single use plastic water uses 2,000 times more energy than tap water. Every day, 1.4 billion plastic bottles are transported and sold around the planet. Less than ten percent is recycled. In developing countries, the absence of infrastructure and systems for recycling and waste management affects people’s ability to lead healthy and sustainable lives. Beyond the obvious health implications, the lack of safe drinking water also damages educational and economic prospects, making long-term development even more difficult.

Wayout offers sustainable modern solutions for local production and distribution of safe drinking water. Wayout’s solar powered micro factories treat water from any source, including sea water. The cleaned water is mineralized and is distributed in reusable stainless steel vessels. The vessels and the micro factories are digitally connected in independent own networks where the data is used to guarantee water quality and to optimize the distribution cycle. Every system eliminates up to 200,000 plastic bottles and up to eight tons of carbon dioxide each month.

The Hunger Project is a global movement of people working in authentic partnership for the sustainable end of hunger. In eight countries in Africa, The Hunger Project’s Epicenter Strategy mobilizes clusters of rural villages into “epicenters”, which band together 5,000–15,000 people to carry out community-led integrated strategies to meet basic needs. Community members at Epicenters create and run their own development programs, reaching more than 1.4 million people throughout Africa.

“We wish to share our excitement at the partnership with Wayout and look forward to the collaboration in providing safe water for the communities in Namayumba and beyond. We are also excited about the state-of-the-art technology that not only will improve the standards of living through safe water but also generate income for the epicenter and have positive impact on the environment. The concept will definitely dramatically improve the lives of the communities”, says Dr. Daisy Owomugasho, Regional Director East Africa, The Hunger Project.

Wayout’s turn-key concept is intended to replace current unsustainable solutions and can be quickly installed in most places on the planet. The scalable modular concept is developed to suit different needs, from residential areas or local enterprises to water supply and preparedness on national level.

Wayout’s system is installed in Namayumba in November. The Epicenter reaches around 22,000 people in the region.

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