Man saw 2 children drink puddle water in Ghana; project now supplies 126M litres

Image: Project Maji Official Site In 2015, Sunil Lalvani witnessed two children drinking water from a puddle during a trip to Ghana, an encounter that prompted him to act. Drawing on his background in electronics, he deployed Project Maji’s first solar-powered water kiosk, initially as a corporate social responsibility project under his family business. Ten years later, the organisation says its work has expanded far beyond that first installation. According to Project Maji’s 10th-anniversary account, the project has served 126 million litres of clean water to more than 380,000 people. Its journey from one solar-powered kiosk to a water initiative marks a decade of expansion.How one puddle in Ghana led to Sunil Lalvani’s Project MajiProject Maji began after a troubling sight in Ghana. The organisation says founder and CEO Sunil Lalvani saw two children drinking water from a puddle in 2015. With a background in electronics, he responded by deploying the project’s first solar-powered water kiosk. Project Maji describes this as the beginning of its work to provide clean water through solar-powered systems. The organisation’s separate account of its history says the first installation ...