Challenges Worldwide Limited

For rural communities in Malawi land degradation and the impacts of climate change and natural hazards are key livelihood challenges. The region of Chikwawa is especially prone to environmental strains as it is dryer, lower, and more arid than other regions of the country. Salinity in groundwater and soils threatens the region's already strained arable la...

Water is a versatile resource that is vital to human health. Although it has many uses in medical procedures and treatments, it can be difficult to obtain the correct quality and at the required quantities of water in some locations in the world. These limitations disadvantage African communities and can be attributed directly to the reduced quality of tr...

Beyond Waters's "Scaling Rural Access to Water" project uses Human Centered Design to understand the views of actual and potential customers and stakeholders in order to refine and re-test the design of its products and services as it seeks to increase access to water in rural Malawi. The improved designs of the pumps, the credit systems that make them fi...