Call for Ideas

2024
Post Flood Response

In the wake of the catastrophic 2024 floods, we invite professionals, innovators, and thinkers from all fields to contribute ideas and solutions for addressing the urgent challenges of sanitation, shelter rebuild, and waste disposal and management. This cross-disciplinary call seeks to leverage diverse expertise to develop affordable, scalable, and modular solutions that can be rapidly implemented in affected regions.

Submission Closed

Key Challanges

Sanitation

Ensuring the provision of clean and safe sanitation facilities in areas where infrastructure has been severely compromised.

Clean Water Storage, Catching, and Purification

Developing effective methods for capturing, storing, and purifying water to ensure access to clean and safe drinking water in flood-affected areas.

Shelter Rebuild

Creating resilient, cost-effective, and quickly deployable housing solutions for displaced populations.

Waste Disposal and Management

Designing sustainable systems for managing and disposing of waste generated by the flood and its aftermath, with an emphasis on reducing environmental impact.

Key Focus

Affordability

Solutions should be economically feasible for broad application, especially in resource-limited settings.

Scalability

Ideas must be adaptable and expandable to serve large numbers of people and communities.

Modularity

Proposals should incorporate modular designs, enabling flexibility in construction and application to meet varying needs.