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Top 10 Business ideas 2010
Springwise.com has appointed the Peepoo toilet one of the 10 Top Business ideas 2010.Links:
www.springwise.com
Blog from five students in Kibera
Please read the blog from the five students who stayed in Nairobi during 2 months this fall and worked with the Peepoo project. They are part of an Integral Design Project at the Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology in Holland.Links:
peepoople.wordpress.com
Woman of the year
Camilla Wirseen, one of Peepoople's founders and project director was appointed "Woman of the year" by the Swedish women's magazine Tara in November 2009 for her efforts to spread information about the Peepoo project to important stakeholders all over the world.Anders Wilhelmson - first Swedish Ashoka fellow
In November 2009, Anders Wilhelmson, the founder of Peepoople AB and the inventor of the Peepoo concept became an Ashoka fellow.Links:
www.ashoka.org
Peepoople invited to the 1st IWA Development Congress
The 1st IWA Development Congress is titled ”Water and Sanitation services – what works in developing countries” and will be held in Mexico City from 15-19 November 2009. It will have a strong focus on what works in a development setting and those projects that have potential for large-scale delivery. It is on the 15-19th of November 2009. Peepoople is invited to participate and give a presentation.Links:
www.iwa2009mexico.org
Sting Capital together with Swedish business angels invest in Peepoople
Peepoople has just completed the first round of external funding with business angels and STING Capital. The company is now preparing further funding rounds to start serial production of Peepoo toilets.Links:
Sting Capital: www.stingcapital.com
Karin Ruiz new CEO for Peepoople
To take the company to the next phase in its development Peepoople has recruited Karin Ruiz has new CEO.Karin has worked in senior management positions for the past 15 years and has a solid international business background. Industrial experiences include healthcare, food packaging, ICT and venture capital. Until recently she was with Capio where she held positions as Marketing Director for Capio Proximity Care and Director Business Development for Capio Healthcare Nordic. She has successfully managed and started up various business areas, departments and strategic development projects in Capio, Invest in Sweden Agency (ISA), Adera and Tetra Pak. She is internationally experienced, having travelled extensively throughout the world and lived and worked in Asia for several years. She has a genuine interest in development issues, and strongly believes in social entrepreneurship to address social problems and fight poverty. Karin has a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Chalmers University of Technology.
Links:
Pressrelease: www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressroom/peepoople
Suraj Sudhakar Peepoople’s project manager in Kenya
Peepoople has appointed Mr. Suraj Sudhakar as the project manager in Nairobi for the Peepoo Initial Launch Project. Before joining Peepoople Suraj was an Acumen Fund Fellow and worked with Ecotact in Nairobi building and running public toilets. Previous experiences include setting up and running social enterprises in India such as Dial Ambulance in Mumbai and Rural Innovations Network in Chennai. He started his career in technology, holding a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Technology. Contact: ss@peepoople.com.Dutch NGOs Simavi and Aqua4All supports the Peepoo ILP in Nairobi
With strong support from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Micro Water Facility and Peepoople have together prepared a Business plan for how to launch the Peepoo toilet and reach 20 000 users in Nairobi by Q3 2010. The Peepoo Initial Launch Project (ILP) in Nairobi is devided into four phases – (1) Project planning and budgeting, (2) Preparations of the ILP, (3) Execution and evaluation and (4) Full-scale launch and scale-up. The Dutch NGOs Simavi and Aqua4All are financially supporting the second phase during the fall of 2009.Kick-off meeting for the Peepoo launch in Kenya held in Kibera
On October 3rd a kick-off meeting for the Peepoo Initial Launch Project (ILP) in Nairobi was held in Grace Revival Church in the Kibera slum. More than 50 persons were present from among others; UNICEF, World Bank, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SEC Soweto East, Silanga Youth Group, and many Kibera residents participated. The Peepoo ILP in Nairobi will be Peepoople’s first large scale market pilot with 20000 users. Preparations for the launch have already started. The actual introduction of Peepoos into the market will be in Q3 2010 and the project will run until 2012. The objective of the ILP is to demonstrate and prove the Peepoo solution on a large scale, experiment in the value chain of distribution, usage, collection and reuse, and to test alternative business models. The aim is also to measure and evaluate a number of aspects such as health impact, user attitudes, environmental aspects, willingness-to-pay, fertilizer value, etc. For more information contact Camilla Wirseen, cw@peepoople.com or Suraj Sudhakar, ss@peepoople.com.80 % of users in Bangladesh wanted to use the Peepoo every day
In May 2009 the Peepoo was successfully tested by 100 participants during 10 days in Mymensingh in Bangladesh, north of Dhaka. The fieldtest was organized and financed by German GTZ. Key findings from the study include high acceptance and usage rate by participants and the perception of important benefits by users, including cleanliness and the ability to go to the toilet more often. Socio-cultural factors proved to be less of an obstacle than anticipated and the participants used and stored the bags in their homes. The use of Peepoos proved to have a positive impact on the self-perception and 80% said they would like to use the Peepoo every day. To receive a copy of the report please e-mail to info@peepoople.com.Urban slum dwellers benefit from using Peepoos
The 3rd International Dry Toilet Conference was held 12-15 of August 2009 in Finland at Tampere University of Technology. Peepoople’s Camilla Wirseen was invited together with Elisabeth von Muench from GTZ Ecosan program to present the Peepoo project – “Urban slum dwellers in Kenya and Bangladeh benefit from using Peepoo bags which are self-sanitising and biodegradable.”"We strongly support the Peepoo project"
After a presentation of the Peepoo project at the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation in Kenya in August 2009, Mr Kariukij, the Chief of Sanitation and his collegues, expressed their ”strong support for the Peepoo project”.Video by Big Toto
Watch a short video about the Peepoo Project in Kibera made by Big Toto from KOCH FM from the Korogocho slum, the first ghetto station in Nairobi. Edited by Filmfront Stockholm.Peepoo bag in Silanga village
During Kenyan summer 300 people in Silanga village in Kibera, Africas largest slum, used the Peepoo bag for one month. They helped us with a large impact assessment done in cooperation with GTZ. We thank the people of the Silanga village for their generous help.For full review of the fieldtest please download the impact assessment from GTZ homepage.
A condensed edition will soon be available from Peepoople.
Links:
http://www.gtz.de
WereldWaterDag in the Netherlands
Peepoople was invited for a presentation of The Peepoo project at the WereldWaterDag in the Netherlands.WereldWaterDag (Worldwaterday) was organised by UNICEF, Aqua4All and Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) and held in Rotterdam the 26th of March.
2009 Skoll World Forum
Peepoople was present at the Skoll World Forum on the 25th of March in Oxford.Links:
http://www.skollfoundation.org
UNSGAB member supports the Peepoo project
“Peepoo is the ideal system, the ideal product for the biggest problem facing the world”Prof Eric O. Odada
UNSGAB
Nairobi 09/01/09
Links:
www.unsgab.org
Peepoo fieldtest in India
Peepoople are having discussions with Arghyam about making a field test in northern part of Bihar in India early this spring.Links:
www.arghyam.org
Anders Wilhelmson presents the Peepoo project
Anders Wilhelmson is presenting the Peepoo project at the Social Entrepreneurship conference held by The Swedish Knowledge Foundation in Stockholm on the 12th of February 2009.Links:
www.kks.se
Peepoo on YouTube
Please visit YouTube and watch the newly released Peepoo introductionLinks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp5_ySFsH9E
Field test in Kenya finished
The 7th of January was the last day Peepoo toilets were distributed and collected by the Silanga Youth Group in Silanga village in Kibera. Kibera is in one of Africas largest informal settlements with about 1 – 1 ½ million inhabitants. An impact assessment report is currently being made by Jean African Consultants, Nairobi.Peepoo at WHO
Peepoople presented the Peepoo project at World Health Organisation in Geneva on the 22nd of January 2009.The GTZ Ecosan program is supportive of the Peepoo concept
Peepoople and GTZ were invited by BASF for a joint meeting 2 December in Ludwigshafen Germany to discuss the Peepoo project and future cooperations.GTZ is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations.
Links:
www.gtz.de
www.basf.com
Swedfund cooperates with Peepoople
Swedfund, Sweden´s risk capital company specialized in investments in developing countries, is supporting the development of the Peepoople business case.Links:
www.swedfund.se
Anders Wilhelmson at Designboost
The Peepoo project was presented at Designboost November 15-17. Designboost is an annual international designevent held in Malmö Sweden. This year the Boost focus was the sustainable city.“Best product: without doubt the lifesaving and revolutionary, Peepoo presented by Anders Wilhelmson. A personal toilet in the form of a bag, so simple yet so sophisticated.”
Ewa Kumlin Director Svensk Form
Links:
www.designboost.se
www.svenskform.se
Sanitation for the Urban Poor: Governance and Partnerships
The Peepoo toilet is presented at the IRC Symposium for the Urban Poor: Governance and Partnerships in Delft the Netherlands 19-21 NovemberLinks:
www.irc.nl
Dr Kamal Kar special advisor
Since august 2008 Dr Kamal Kar from Calcutta India, the founder of Community Led Total Sanitation cooperates with Peepoople as a special advisor.“There are millions of people living in thousands of slums of big cities of the world who go to bed with an agony and wake up with a greater agony of how to dispose of their ‘shit’. The Peepoo bag is something which they can use today and start thinking of a gainful and sustainable solution collectively”.
Dr Kamal Kar, Founder CLTS
Links:
www.livelihoods.org/hot_topics/clts.html
Second field test in Kibera
Peepoople is conducting a second field test in Kibera Nairobi Kenya November-December 2008.Peepoople in Macao
Peepoople attends the World Toilet Summit & Expo in Macao 4-6 November 2008 that is organised by World Toilet Organisation.“Open defecation spreads disease and contaminate water bodies. I am encouraged that innovations like the Peepoo bag provides safe, hygienic and disposal that can be recycled into fertilisers. Congratulations for your spririt of social enterprise”.
Jack Sim, founder World Toilet Organisation
Links:
www.worldtoiletsevents.com
Peepoo bag in Burkina Faso
The Peepoo bag has been selected for a presentation at the Pathway towards Sustainable Sanitation in Africa to be held 24-27 September 2008 in Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoLinks:
www.netsaf.net
World Water Week
The Peepoo bag is presented at the 2008 World Water Week Stockholm Sweden 17-25 August www.worldwaterweek.orgLinks:
www.worldwaterweek.org
Meeting with Prof. Eric O. Odada
-Meeting with Prof. Eric O. Odada UNSGAB United Nations Secretary-Generals Advisory Board on Water and sanitation Nairobi 23 June 2008, www.unsgab.orgProf. Odada describes the Peepoo bag as
“A creative technology, highly commendable”
Links:
www.unsgab.org
Sanitation Challenge Conference
Presentation at Sanitation Challenge Conference May 19-21 2008 Wageningen NetherlandsLinks:
www.sanitation-challenge.wur.nl
Field test in Kibera
Field test in Kibera Africa´s largest informal settlement April 07-21 2008“The Settlement Executive Committee (SEC), with the consultation with the office of Kibera Line Saba, Soweto Chief and the residents of Soweto East village do acknowledge and appreciate your project which you introduced and tested with us”
Bishop Raphael D. Handa, Chairman SEC Soweto East Nairobi Kenya
