iDE Innovation Lab

𝗞𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 (𝗛𝗖𝗗) 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲!

Together with our partners CARE Zambia and IDinsight Zambia, we’re excited to have launched the 𝗛𝗖𝗗 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 of our Market-Based Sanitation project, a key step toward co-creating sanitation solutions that are both contextual and sustainable.

This Human-Centered Design phase will help identify what people value most in sanitation products and services, providing insights that will contribute to the design of a scalable and lean market-based sanitation model under the CARE, iDE, and IDinsight partnership.

Over the past week, our teams conducted 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 in 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗼 and 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲, bringing together district officials, community development officers, WASH committee members, and local leaders to better understand the sanitation landscape.

These conversations are helping us unpack community realities, from financing mechanisms and behavioral insights to the opportunities that lie in local entrepreneurship. By listening first, we aim to design products and systems that fit the daily lives of the people who will use them.

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗸𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗶, where we have started, and we’ll continue engaging households, artisans, business owners, and local institutions to 𝗰𝗼-𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.

This marks an important milestone in building a sanitation market that works for everyone, with everyone.