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Dear COP.

For a Project in Chocó, Colombia, we are searching for innovative solutions in order to allow very poor people to take a bath decently.

The government is paying for the construction of washrooms but the zone has no water networks and so the people collect rainwater using their zinc sheet roofs. The problem is that the collecting tanks are at ground level; we are thinking in two different approaches to allow a shower bath:

a) elevate the water using manual bombs (problem with this is the cost of the structure to support the elevated tanks). b) use portable showers, like the one attached (camping shower bag), of course using different materials.

Any idea or past UNOPS´experience? Many thanks and best regards

Dear COP. KP

For a Project in Chocó, Colombia, we are searching for innovative solutions in order to allow very poor people to take a bath decently.

The government is paying for the construction of washrooms but the zone has no water networks and so the people collect rainwater using their zinc sheet roofs. The problem is that the collecting tanks are at ground level; we are thinking in two different approaches to allow a shower bath:

a) elevate the water using manual bombs (problem with this is the cost of the structure to support the elevated tanks). b) use portable showers, like the one attached (camping shower bag), of course using different materials.

Any idea or past UNOPS´experience? Many thanks and best regards

Dear KP

For a Project in Chocó, Colombia, we are searching for innovative solutions in order to allow very poor people to take a bath decently.

The government is paying for the construction of washrooms but the zone has no water networks and so the people collect rainwater using their zinc sheet roofs. The problem is that the collecting tanks are at ground level; we are thinking in two different approaches to allow a shower bath:

a) elevate the water using manual bombs (problem with this is the cost of the structure to support the elevated tanks). b) use portable showers, like the one attached (camping shower bag), of course using different materials.

Many thanks and best regards

Dear KP

For a Project in Chocó, Colombia, we are searching for innovative solutions in order to allow very poor people to take a bath decently.

The government is paying for the construction of washrooms but the zone has no water networks and so the people collect rainwater using their zinc sheet roofs. The problem is that the collecting tanks are at ground level; we are thinking in two different approaches to allow a shower bath:

a) elevate the water using manual bombs (problem with this is the cost of the structure to support the elevated tanks). b) use portable showers, like the one attached (camping shower bag), of course using different materials.

Many thanks and best regards