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SPRING HEALH:a subsidiary of Windhorse International

THE CHALLENGE

Of the 325 million people living in rural Eastern India, an estimated 80% have no

aess to safe drin!ing "ater#

While there is a gro"ing movement in India to provide lean "ater through

ommunity "ater systems, most ompanies re$uire high apital osts &'0,000(

&50,000) to build plants "ith larger delivery apaity '2,000(*5,000 liters+day)#

s a result, these !ios!s must be loated in villages and to"ns "ith a larger

population to ma!e the businesses viable# -o"ever, the ma.ority of people in

Eastern India live in small 200(300 household villages that are urrently outside

the reah of solutions li!e these#

THE INNOVATION

/pring -ealth has designed a lo"(ost model to operate a hain of safe "ater

!ios!s in Orissa, a largely rural state in northeastern India#

/pring -ealth uses li$uid hlorine to disinfet "ater at the point of distributionsell to rural onsumers at aordable pries# 1he ompany uses a motoryle(

based distribution system to deliver li$uid hlorine doses into ement "ater

tan!s onstruted outside of eisting retail shops in rural ommunities# oal

shop o"ners pump "ater into the tan! from shallo" "ells, sell the "ater in '0

liter branded ontainers, and share the revenue "ith /pring -ealth#

/pring -ealth is a subsidiary of Windhorse International, a 4/(based holding

orporation founded by aul ola!, a reno"ned soial entrepreneur "ho has

developed a number of innovative produts for ustomers at the bottom of the

pyramid#


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THE IMPACT

umen 6und7s investment "ill help /pring -ealth sale up the pilot phase of its

pro.et, and prepare for mar!et entry on a larger sale throughout India#

1he ompany plans to provide safe drin!ing "ater to ve million people through

'0,000 village shops "ithin three years, and to provide safe drin!ing "ater to

more than '00 million people through shops in 900,000 villages around the

"orld "ithin ten years#

1his investment "ill enable umen 6und to bring safe drin!ing "ater to poorer

and more remote ommunities than it has reahed before#

WATERHEALTH

INTERNATIONAL

THE CHALLENGE

pproimately ':0 million people in India la! aess to safe, lean drin!ing

"ater# 6amilies, espeially "omen and girls, spend long hours olleting "ater

from loal soures, and end up "ith "ater that is unsafe for onsumption# Water(

borne diseases ost an annual &*00 million in lost prodution and medial

treatment#


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THE INNOVATION

W-I7s mission is to provide salable, safe and aordable "ater solutions to the

underserved through innovative business models# Its tehnology for purifying

baterial ontamination in olleted surfae "ater "as developed after a "ater(borne holera epidemi in ';;3 !illed '0,000 people in .ust one month# W-I7s

model inorporates the ost(eetive tehnology designed for the poor "ith an

eetive approah to soial mar!eting and distribution#

Eah W-I system has the apaity to serve up to 5,000 people a day, though its

modular design an be ongured to serve ommunities of up to '0,000 people#

o", W-I has 500 "ater systems, "ith over

500,000 lo"(inome individuals "ho purhase safe "ater on a reurring basis#

W-I is eduating rural ommunities on the importane of safe drin!ing "ater

through its ?=r# Water@ brand and mar!eting# 1he ompany is also epanding

operations in sia and fria#

In addition, W-I has helped atalyAe an entire setor of enterprises that are

delivering lean "ater in India#


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"aste and industrial eBuent# 1his ontaminated "ater supply results in life(

threatening illness#

ost produtivity and other onse$uenes of unsanitary "ater and inade$uate

se"age treatment have signiant negative eets on C=#

THE INNOVATION

Cramalaya 4rban nd Dural =evelopment Initiatives nd >et"or!C4D=I>) is

the "orld7s rst mironane institution 6I) engaged in mirolending to

households to purhase individual "ater and sanitation assets# 1hese inlude

onnetions to muniipal "ater supply, toilet onstrution, rain"ater harvesting

e$uipment, and household "ater puriers#

1he ompany lends to members of eisting "omen7s self(help groups, eah "ith

up to fteen members, and to ve(member .oint(liability groups that they help

form#

Feause of grant support from Water#org, C4D=I> "as founded as a spin(o

of Indian >CO, Cramalaya#

THE IMPACT

C4D=I> has made more than 30,000 loans "ith a ;;#;;% repayment rate#

umen 6und7s patient apital is playing a ritial role in helping C4D=I>

build its portfolio and transition from a partially grant(funded >CO to a fully self(

sustaining 6I apable of aessing larger loans from Indian ban!s for further

sale(up#
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