HydroPack™ Demonstration Project - Stories

Gift of Life

Christmas arrived nine days early for Austen Angell and Joel Newman of the Portland, Oregon design firm, Modern Edge.

That's when Austen and Joel first saw photos of Austin Joel Oduori, born while they were doing design research on the HydroPack™ as part of a demonstration project Jan. 18-28, 2011 in the Western Kenya village of Mudimbia. Hydration Technology Innovations and the Kenya Water for Health Organization conducted the project, partially funded by Eastman.

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A Village to Remember

The floods are what brought Hydration Technology Innovations (HTI) to Mudimbia for a 10-day project to demonstrate how the HydroPack™ can be used in an emergency relief situation.

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Verdict at the Village Well

The first day of the HydroPack™ demonstration project in Kenya was a big success.

HydroPacks™ were distributed to 90 households in Mudimbia. Any doubt about the villagers’ response to the HydroPack™ was eliminated early.

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Nice Day

The word for the second day of the HydroPack™ demonstration project in Kenya was: Nice.

On tasting the flavored HydroPacks™, kids and their mothers were calling it, "Nice." Ann Jonai, 21, gave a HydroPack™ to her two-year-old sister, Britney, to sip. She never got it back. Ann, the second oldest of eight children, says the HydroPack™ will be important next time it floods.

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When Someone Cares

They are fishing camps with all of the characteristics of a refugee camp. There are no latrines and the only water to drink is the contaminated water in Lake Victoria.

So the HydroPack™ is ideally suited for the 500 residents of Sango Naganda, two beach islands located near the convergence of the River Nzoia and Lake Victoria.

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Listening to the People

Francis Obanda has seen many well-meaning projects come and go in flood-prone Mudimbia. So HTI's HydroPack™ demonstration project is nothing new. But Francis believes this project may be different -- and more successful.

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'Don't Forget Us'

The highlight of the fifth day of the HydroPack™ demonstration project was a return to the Lake Victoria fishing camps of Sango Naganda. This time there were more HydroPacks™ for the residents to sample. And HTI brought another of its products to demonstrate – the HydroWell™.

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The Reverend and Brenda

Rev. Franklin Earnest Madiané is head of the Anglican parish in Mudimbia where HTI's HydroPack™ demonstration project entered its sixth day.

Brenda Taka is nearly three years old and, with her big eyes and smile, one of the most captivating little girls you'll ever set eyes on.

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Tasty and Safe

George Otieno Agreng'o is a chemist working for the Lake Victoria South Water Services Board. He has been testing water samples during HTI's Kenya pilot demonstration project for the HydroPack™.

In addition to the well water used by Mudimbia residents, he has been testing the hypertonic solution produced by the HydroPack™.

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Humbling Experience

It looked like one of the walkie-talkies being used by the Uber-London video crew to communicate with each other. Uber was in Mudimbia, Kenya, to develop a series of videos documenting the HydroPack™ demonstration project for Hydration Technology Innovations and Eastman.

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Ambassadors for Clean Water

From rural villages to the slums of Nairobi, the Kenya Water for Health Organization (KWAHO) is on a mission. That mission is to improve the quality of water that Kenyans use at home.

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Learning from the Turkana

Little things can make a big difference, especially in the packaging of a product.

So when Hydration Technology Innovations (HTI) and Eastman involved Austen Angell of Modern Edge in the Kenya demonstration project, the idea was to identify little things that can make the HydroPack™ easy to use regardless of the culture and language of the people using it.

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Influencing the Experts

The purpose of the project involving Hydration Technology Innovations (HTI), the Kenya Water for Health Organization (KWAHO) Eastman and Modern Edge was to validate the use of the HydroPack™ in a disaster relief situation.

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