Nanofilter Tz

Standard Chartered asked Pitch@Palace winner Askwar Hilonga what drove him to become an entrepreneur!! Tell us about your invention I invented a low-cost water filter called Nanofilter which cleans contaminated water in order to make it drinkable. Right now there are about 150 water stations which provide clean, affordable water to about 8,000 people a day in Tanzania. My goal for 2017 is to create 1,000 water stations, serving up to 100,000 people a day. How did you come up with the idea? Growing up, my community in Tanzania didn’t have clean drinking water, and I will never forget how horrible that was. I used to get worms because the water I drank was so dirty, and wished someone would make it easy for us to access clean water. So, I decided to take matters into my own hands and help solve the problem facing my community: I did a PhD in Chemical Engineering and invented the Nanofilter. Why did you apply to pitch your invention to Pitch@Palace? I wanted...

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen rather they choose to be and work hard to achieve this!!!!  Solve people´s Problems then you be among those who are beautiful people!!!

Every Problem is a potential Opportunity and you can draw great dividends out of your deepest difficulty if you understand the possibility thinking perspective on me. Possibility thinkers see every problem as a project!! when you begin to see the problem as a project, the project produces enthusiasm, and enthusiasm produces success. Its all matter of making the decision to choose to respond positively to whatever happens to you!!! You can decide the outcome by your attitude.Remember God never lets anything happen to you unless it is loaded with Opportunities!!!  The Problem We have: Typhoid , Harmful Chemicals in Water and Flouride Project we have : Providing Nano-filters for water purification to remove bacteria/harmful chemicals/Flouride