Participating
is open to everyone in the world.
We need your creative input to solve the issue
of the lack of sanitary facilities.
1.
Subject of the ‘What toilet do you use?’:
This might seem like a weird topic to you but unfortunately sanitary facilities
is not something everyone has . The lack of a toilet can be the reason for
leading a different life, not attending school all year round for example
during the periods of girls, for getting sick etc..
But this is not only an issue that school children have to deal with also
lots of slums look for alternatives such as the ‘flying
toilet’. But this idea has more negative quotations than positive
ones.
This may lead to:
Piles of polyethene bags gather on roofs and attract flies. Some of them burst
open upon impact and/or clog drainage systems. If they land on fractured water
pipes, a drop in water pressure can cause the contents to be sucked into the
water system. People can also be hit by the bags as they are blindly tossed.
In the rainy season, drainage including excrement can enter residences; some
children even swim in it. Such close contact leads to fears of diseases such
as diarrhea, skin disorders, typhoid fever and malaria. (source:
Wikipedia)
Do you think you have a solution for one of these problems please don’t
hesitate to submit your idea.
We are looking on one hand for new concepts to overcome this problem knowing there is no water available in slums and on the other hand we are looking for the perfect toilet for rural areas which can be added to already existing schools. Also here, there will be no streaming water available.
2.
Rules:
All your work must be free of copyright and therefore may not include any
copyrighted materials except for our logo. (which can be downloaded from our
site) Your submission must be an original design by you and no one else.
You may enter as many designs and concepts as you want.
Each entry must be accompanied with a your first and last name, nationality,
profession, mailing address, valid email address. This is in case we need
to contact you. Your information, other than your name will not be shared
or sold. Your name will be used to identify your entry. When sending the email
to contest@humanidesign.org,
please mention Subject: HIDO Sanitary facilities
Africa, Fist Name, Last Name, Nationality, Profession, Mailing
Address and Email address stating that you have read and accepted the terms
and conditions.
By entering your design into this contest you agree to these rules and give
HIDO the permission to print your designs. You also agree that it is okay
to publish your design on our website and in any other conference related
materials should we decide to display it. You also understand that you will
receive no royalties for the reproduction of your artwork/design. The winner
will receive a free HIDO T-shirt in their desired size as well as some of
HIDO's Christmas cards.
3.
Submitting:
Designs, should initially be submitted as low resolution JPG, GIF (72dpi),
the chosen design(s) can be send as an EPS or high resolution JPG file (at
least 300dpi) on maximum an A2.
Designs need to be send to contest@humanidesign.org
4.
Registration deadline:
Entries may be entered no later than Monday
October 22nd 2007.
The chosen idea(s) that we would like to develop further with the designer(s)
will be announced on our website Monday the
12th of November 2007.
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