SafeSIPP is a social venture addressing three problems facing rural communities in the developing world: transportation, purification, and storage of drinking water. SafeSIPP has integrated a three-phase water purification system into a barrel that activates as the barrel rolls across the ground. In addition, SafeSIPP has secured a strong advisory board and has been working closely with My Arms Wide Open, a NPO working in South Africa, to implement this patent-pending system on a large scale.
Through My Arms Wide Open and a visit to South Africa, SafeSIPP has gained an understanding of the culture. The local residents have demonstrated interest in the SafeSIPP system and are eager for the implementation in the community. SafeSIPP has secured manufacturing space and will begin manufacturing the systems for a large-scale pilot test in November with sales starting in January 2014.
When we first started this project, we were aware of the water crisis. We knew the numbers and the statistics, but it was not until we heard the unique stories of the individuals living in South Africa that we realized the true magnitude of suffering. However, we also realized that we have the ability to change this suffering.