Handwashing: The Harsh Facts and Figures
3 out of 10 people, 2.3 billion, lack a handwashing facility with water and soap at home, including 670 million who have no access to a handwashing facility at all. (WHO/UNICEF 2021) 700 children die every day from diseases linked to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene. (WHO/UNICEF 2021) 818 million children lack a handwashing facility...
Supporting the SDGs
SaniTaps mission is to enable access to clean water for vulnerable communities in the face of climate change.
Consultancy for the WASH Sector
SaniTap provides Management Consultancy Services on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and resiliency projects with particularexpertise in the interface of Climate Change and the WASH Sector.
Corporate carbon emissions offsetting
This project is an opportunity for organisations to take responsibility for their climate impact by partnering with a unique high-quality, high-impact voluntary carbon emissions reduction project in Madagascar. Managed from the UK, Netherlands and Madagascar, this project is an initiative of impact-venture SaniTap, and benefits disadvantaged rural communities that are severely affected by climate change already today.
Using the Blockchain for Impact Measurement and Results Based Funding
A project to demonstrate the application of a blockchain based impact exchange platform, facilitating the funding of impact projects in return for irrefutable proof of impact.
Innovative portable hand washing solution: The SaniTap bag
The SaniTap is a device designed for handwashing with soap in the absence of running water. Suitable for adults and children alike, the unique spout opens easily and can be closed without contaminating washed hands. Ideal for use in challenging environments, the Sanitap provides a solution for handwashing for the whole household.
Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV)
It is vital that efforts which go into mitigation, adaptation and resilience building are effiective. Monitoring and Evalulation is essential, tracking finance, activity and the impact and outcomes achieved by the activity. SaniTap belives this is essential.
H2O 4 CO2: Innovative WASH financing for Madagascar
Traceable, high-quality voluntary carbon credits generated through a 10-year greenhouse gas emissions reductions programme, by providing access to safe drinking water by 650,000 people.
Fixing a fundamental flaw in hygiene promotion
Why explain to people the health benefits of handwashing with soap, when people don’t even have running water at home? SaniTap Co-Founder Adriaan Mol, based in Nairobi, Kenya, was increasingly frustrated with what he saw in the field. He developed a solution. Even the UN took notice. In the past, Mol has directed large water, …...
One in four handpumps in Africa is non-functional
A recent study published in the International Journal of Water Resources Development quantifies the problem of broken-down drinking water infrastructure in rural Africa. Their findings “suggest that approximately one in four handpumps in sub-Saharan Africa are non-functional at any point in time, which in 2015 was roughly...
