Aid Innovation Challenge to reward aid delivery inventions
Howard Lake | 13 June 2012 | News
The Aid Innovation Challenge is looking for the best inventions that can make a difference in the delivery of humanitarian and development aid worldwide.
The Challenge is part of the annual AidEx event, a platform for humanitarian and development aid professionals to facilitate improvements in the delivery
of humanitarian aid.
Design agencies, manufacturers and suppliers of aid products can enter under the “business” category. The “individuals” category is open to inventors and students specialising in design or engineering. The category winner will receive a grant worth £2,000 (€2,460).
Nicholas Rutherford, AidEx Event Director: “We want to hear from people with cutting-edge inventions that will boost the delivery of aid in areas such as medical care, water, sanitation, food, security or shelter. This is an exceptional opportunity to pitch your invention to key buyers and procurers and get world-class feedback from the humanitarian aid community.”
Last year’s winning inventions were a discrete portable medication dispenser and scheduler for people living with HIV in developing countries and the LeafBed, a biodegradable bed which provides a sleeping alternative for disaster relief victims still living in evacuation camps months after an incident.
The deadline for entries is 27 July 2012.
www.aid-expo.com/en/visitor-zone/EventHighlights/AidInnovationChallenge.aspx
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.