Sub-Saharan WASH Access for Eli#
A contextualized clean-water-and-sanitation ideation brief for Eli and other residents of a remote village in Sub-Saharan Africa.
See Text Problem Catalog for the text family index.
Quick Facts#
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Taxonomy#
- Formulation
textual_prompt
- Is Dynamic
no
- Orientation
engineering_practical
- Objective Mode
qualitative
- Constraint Nature
embedded-constraints
- Tags
text,human-subjects,ideation,water,sanitation,rural- Deliverable Type
concepts
- Timebox Hint (Minutes)
30
- Participants
individual
- Evaluation Mode
idea_generation
Statement#
In Sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 46 people die per 100,000 people due to diseases caused by the lack of safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. This is nearly four times the global average of 12 deaths per 100,000 people due to poor access to WASH services.
Eli is a 40-year-old man who lives in the Sub-Saharan African region. He lives with his wife and two teenage children. He is a farmer by profession, a low-income profession, and has received some middle-school level education. Eli lives in a small remote village with some access to electricity but no access to other technological resources such as internet and cellular service. The electricity is primarily used to operate water pumps that source water from either a nearby polluted river or contaminated and ill-maintained wells in and around the village. Since these are the only two sources of water for Eli and his family, they are highly prone to water-borne diseases.
You are tasked with designing a solution to help improve access to clean water and sanitation for Eli and others in his village.
Prompt Profile#
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Deliverable Type |
concepts |
Timebox Hint (Minutes) |
30 |
Participants |
individual |
Evaluation Mode |
idea_generation |
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Alzayed, Starkey, Ritter, and Prabhu (2024). Sustaining Creatively? Investigating the Effects of Creativity and Sustainability-Focused Evaluation Criteria in Design Tasks. ASME IDETC/CIE 2024, DETC2024-142619. |
Raw Citation Records#
Alzayed, Starkey, Ritter, and Prabhu (2024). Sustaining Creatively? Investigating the Effects of Creativity and Sustainability-Focused Evaluation Criteria in Design Tasks. ASME IDETC/CIE 2024, DETC2024-142619.