City to present their health project at UC Berkeley

HYDERABAD: Four

students

from Hyderabad and Bangalore, working on a project of 1M1B’s Purpose academy in partnership with SCET

UC Berkeley

and Innovation Acceleration Group, are helping provide

health

solutions for communities in a village in Andhra Pradesh. Fishing is the main occupation in Thurputhallu village which has over 2,000 households.

The students are developing charcoal water filters to ensure access to clean drinking water. The filters are being built in two schools. Cholera, jaundice and typhoid are common in the village.

Four students from Hyderabad and Bangalore , working on a project of 1 Million for 1 Billion Foundation's Purpose Academy program in partnership with Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at University of California

Berkeley

and innovation Acceleration Group, are helping provide health solutions.

“Main problems these villages face is lack of awareness regarding pressing health ailments and shortage of clean water... Apart from charcoal well, we created audio-visuals modules in cardiac health, water borne diseases, first aid, substance abuse and women’s health,” said Hyderabad students. Dr. Swati Subodh, co-founder of 1M1B Foundation, said, “They identified that women’s health and menstrual health was a big problem and built awareness modules.”