My name is Ashraf Ravindarnath. I’m 16 years old and I’m studying in 12th grade. I enjoy playing with my friends and trying new things in my freetime. I have participated in several competitions across Asia, but due to Covid-19, this time it’s alot different. The reason for participating in the SJWP is because we want to share our solution to the world. My classmate and I came up with a solution in helping people to be exposed to more clean/pure water using only natural ingredients. It’s already been an interesting experience taking part in SJWP.
Tell us what the water concern in your country is!Laos in a country where the majority of people live in rural areas. There were approximately 1.9million Lao population without improved water supply and 2.4Million without improved sanitation (2014). In 2011 There were 3Million disease cases in Laos, especially in the rural ares due to bad sanitation.
This is what I think is one of the solutions for a sustainable future:We should come up with ideas that use natural resources in order to maintain, grow and protect our earth. We often take things such as water, cleanliness for granted, The key is to work together to help solve the necessary things for our own well being, not for our wealth.
Coffee Clay Water Filter
This project is a simple solution that can help people who are in need of good water quality while only using natural ingredients. Our Coffee-Clay Water Filter can remove dirt particles from the water and make it drinkable. The water we have successfully cleaned so far is from the Mekong River, rain water, municipality water, and underground water. This is a project that we believe has great potential in addressing the issues of contaminated and dirty water by using a filter which is only made from readily available and low-cost ingredients such as coffee and clay.
