Hippo Water Roller
Hippo Water Roller
Solution Overview & Benefits
The design of the Hippo enables more water to be transported more efficiently than traditional methods.
The Hippo, with its large drum capacity of 90 liters / 24 gallons, frees women and children from having to spend a large portion of every day dedicated to collecting water for their households. Far less effort is required to roll the heavy weight of water (90kg / 200lbs) along the ground rather than carrying on the head.
The Hippo roller enables people to transport almost five times the amount of water than the traditional heavy 20 kilograms buckets.
Extensive field tests over many years and various awards have proven the effectiveness of the Hippo Water Roller.
History & Development
Hippo Roller is a social enterprise organisation based in South Africa that manufactures and distributes Hippo Rollers with the aid of sponsors and donors for the past 30+ years now.
Managed by its Founder, Grant Gibbs and his family, Hippo Roller have built a sustainable business supplying Hippo Rollers and related products to Corporate businesses for social upliftment and brand-building promotions; NGOs for improving access to water, saving time for other important activities and improved education and employment opportunities; Donors for helping rural and impoverished communities around the world and Governments.
The Hippo Roller was first designed in 1991 by two other South Africans, Pettie Petzer and Johan Jonker who received their first design award in 1992 from the SABS (South African Bureau of Standards) Design Institute. Despite a number of small improvements over the years the original design is primarily unchanged.
Hippo Roller plans to scale up by partnering with like-minded organisations to facilitate local manufacture in other regions to significantly reduce the “landed cost” and increase affordability and distribution.
Availability
- Publicly available: yes
- Countries where available: Worldwide
- Price range (USD): 100 to 200
- Available online: yes
- Offered or can be licensed for local manufacture: Yes
- Countries where spare parts can be purchased: South Africa
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