Title
Training Low-Literacy Rural Guatemalans to Construct a Basic Humanitarian Engineering Projects
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Creation Date
9-28-2017
Keywords
Guatemalans; Guatemala; Literacy; Environmental health; Rural studies; Solar power
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Life Sciences | Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Document Type
Image
File Format
jpeg
File Size
936 Kb
Language
English
Description
A study was done to see if picture-based instructions could be used to teach low-literacy individuals how to build projects to improve their own environmental health. Nearly 100 rural Guatemalans without electricity were able to use these instructions to successfully build their own day-time solar bottle bulbs. The project used basic hand tools, recycled water bottles, and scraps of corrugated metal roofing to provide an entire community with indoor lighting for their homes and their school.
Time Period
2010-2019; 21st century
Keywords
Guatemalans; Guatemala; Literacy; Environmental health; Rural studies; Solar power