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Monitoring water point functionality in real time across rural Kenya.

open Kenya, Africa

A large share of rural handpumps and boreholes in Kenya sit broken at any given time because there is no real-time monitoring system to alert maintenance crews before communities revert to unsafe water sources.

climate-environment africa kenya monitoring water time rural point functionality real large share global-unspecified african urban

WS02431

By Ian Patel · 2026-03-28T19:06:57.000Z · Horizon: 2032

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WS02431 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2431

Supporting informal caregivers of people with dementia

open China, Asia

Create affordable respite care, training, financial support, medical navigation, and community networks as dementia care increasingly occurs at home.

health-biology asia china dementia supporting informal caregivers people care create affordable respite training economics-resources society-governance global-unspecified social-civic-problems infrastructure

WS04187

By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:28:17Z · Horizon: 2035

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WS04187 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4187