Solve

There are two challenges on offer - please read up on both and you decide as team what you would like to take on.

Option 1 - Water Challenge

In Timor-Leste rainfall has become erratic, dry seasons are becoming longer, sea levels are rising, and rivers are drying up, making it harder and harder for people to feed their families. Weather fluctuations are resulting in crop damages or failures.

Sea level rise is threatening coastal areas, specifically Dili (the capital), which is only a few metres above sea level. Landslides and floods are damaging infrastructure and contaminating groundwater and surface water. Health and well-being are at risk.

Design a holistic approach to ensure that communities facing sea level rise and salination of groundwater, have access to year round water.

Option 2 - Hygiene and Sanitation Challenge

Safe, reliable water, adequate sanitation, waste systems and hygiene (WASH) services and behaviours in health care facilities are vital for safe, quality health care provision. WASH services in health care facilities are especially critical for the health of mothers and newborns to support quality, safe delivery and post-partum care.

In Timor-Leste WaterAid is supporting WASH in HCF in rural health posts and waste management is one of the poorest performing WASH areas. In Manufahi and Liquica WaterAid has found that health care waste management was poor at all health care facilities with fewer than one in ten health (9%) care facilities achieving basic service levels.

Design a solution to healthcare waste management challenges for rural healthcare facilities in Timor-Leste.

Additional Resources

WaterAid has compiled the following documents for you to help provide a further understanding of our Country Program in Timor-Leste.

These resources can help guide your work and ensure you can design a solution that has an appropriate local context.

Fund

Use all these resources to help design and deliver your fundraising campaign.

Don’t forget your pitch for seed fundraising is due on May 12!

The Winnovators 2023 Briefing on Thursday 20 April will include a session on fundraising advice and guidance.

We’re here to help – any questions or ways we can help support you with your campaigns please email us auswinnovators@wateraid.org.au.

We’re here to help – any questions or ways we can help support you with your campaigns please email us auswinnovators@wateraid.org.au.

Learn

An important part of Winnovators is to ensure you and your team establish your personal development goals, and reflect back on your progress at the completion.

The following resources will help you with a framework on development goal setting and key things to consider.

We’ll also be sharing further information on learning and development as the program progresses so keep an eye out for that.