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Scot Frank
Cambridge, MA
Scot Frank is Electrical Engineer and Computer Scientist by training, with field and research background in design, environment, water, and energy. Scot is currently in the Himalayas testing the SolSource 3-in-1 and developing the Citizen Water community water quality project. As Chief Executive Officer of One Earth Designs, he works to make change a reality for people around the world as part of his passion and 9-to-5 (plus) job.
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Scot commented on the article |At Citizen Water we are using crowdsourcing in rural and urban communities around the world to collect water quality data which is then displayed on an interactive map. Participants are provided with appropriate and locally-producible treatment solutions based on their specific test results, along with education about water and sanitation. These citizen science efforts are currently underway in Ghana, The Philippines, Dominican Republic, and China.
Through crowdsourcing we've also successfully translated the water testing instructions into Spanish and Chinese, and we hope more will come soon so other communities can participate to obtain safe drinking water for themselves.
As one example: a barefoot doctor we trained last month is now testing for water-borne diseases in rural Himalayan villages he visits, while students of the nearby school instruct fellow classmates on how to test water in their remote home areas.
As one effort within 'crowdsourcing for global health', we agree with you that there is much potential in this space, as well as for people to innovate their own solutions for health.
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Scot commented on the article |Don, Thanks for your comment. We'll be following you on twitter. Great work supporting IYL 2008 (http://bit.ly/3IRev)
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Scot commented on the article |Thank you for your comment, Chris. We really appreciate feedback and it looks like you have great experiences from which to give it. Keep up your good work with the Manna Project (http://www.mannaproject.org/Home.asp).
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Scot commented on the article |I was thinking about what you said regarding socially responsible ventures and what organizations Kiva helps to fund. While many of these are community-based or non-profit like, I believe many for-profit models can be equally beneficial to the stakeholders. For-profit social ventures may have even greater opportunity to create sustainable businesses, while also taking advantage of your more typical VC and other funding sources. One great example that comes to mind is SELCO [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELCO_(India)]. Harish Hande may speak at MIT again next year if we are lucky to have him visit Cambridge!
