This proposal recommends combining water and sanitation services into micro-franchsing through a membership-based franchise model targeting youth. The team suggests offering free and required use of sanitation services to access water, capturing and reusing wastewater, and monetizing human waste byproducts. The team recommends leveraging mobile technology and social networking for payment and information dissemination.
Micro-Franchising WATSAN
Challenges: Lack of Information, Improper Sanitation, Lack of Education and Awareness, Water Quality, Social, Cultural, and Political
Solutions: Entrepreneuship Focused, Community Level Solution, External Industry and/or Sector Model , Franchising Model, Payment, Communication (Information, Availability, Quality, Reporting), Awareness and/or Reporting, Economic and Commercial, Business-Led, Financial, Social, Sanitation Focused, Information Sharing, Membership Fees, Technology, Water Focused, Network Building, Education and Awareness Campaigns
