In a bid to provide clean drinking water, a new wave of social enterprises emerged and showed an unleashing potential to tackle social-economic hardships. Such change makers are inspiring the coming generation to tackle the world’s one of the toughest social and environmental challenges.
Doctor Krishna Prasad (54 years old) is a registered medical professional years who gives medicines to patients at their doorsteps in a village of Andhra Pradesh. Earlier, for a period of 10 years, he would regularly get typhoid. Thus, he was unable to treat patients for fear of infecting them. This resulted in an unfortunate loss of work days, especially since he was the sole bread winner in the family. Now he is happy to the extent that he has not fallen sick at all over the past 1 ½ years since a unit of WaterHealth India of was set up. Recounting his own experience, he always advises his patients to drink the safe water provided by WHI, which he believes will guarantee a reduction of both medical expenses and doctor’s fees.
In a bid to provide clean drinking water, a new wave of social enterprises emerged and showed an unleashing potential to tackle social-economic hardships. Such change makers are inspiring the coming generation to tackle the world’s one of the toughest social and environmental challenges. Samay Live attempts to look at how these players are providing safe and affordable water solutions with innovative business models and what challenges are ahead in this segment.
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