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Irene van Peer, a seasoned and awarded product designer, traveled to the townships in South Africa to work with a group of colleagues on a sanitation project. Based on conversations with people she came upon a simple, yet ingenious soution to convert the cap of an empty bottle into a homemade tap for washing your hands with a limited amount of water: the Mahlangu Handwasher. The design does not only include the tap, but also the instructions, which can be passed on from one to another.

This happened on 23rd February 2009 in Utrecht.

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