Product/Service Development

Problem Management Plus (PM+) is an innovative cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) designed by World Health Organization (WHO) to specifically address common mental disorders at the community level. The World Vision team will work to establish an effective model to train, supervise and compensate community health workers at scale in counties throughout Kenya; embed the PM+ model in existing policy and mental health treatment frameworks; and, test the applicability of PM+ alongside economic empowerment initiatives and for men.

Livelihood Integration for Effective Depression Management (LIFE-DM) aims to address the dual challenges of poverty and depression faced by women in Vietnam by integrating evidence-based treatment for depression management and already existing microfinance services.

Each year millions of people, most of them children, die from diseases associated withinadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene. In 2015, 2.3 billion people still lacked even a basic sanitation service, and 892 million people still practiced open defecation. First developed by LIXIL's American Standard brand, the SATO series features a weighted flap under the seat that seals itself after use.

Approved TTS funding will enable Laguna Water to test and iterate design of two innovative toilets for urban informal communities in Laguna, Philippines, and refine a utility-driven business model for serving informal urban customers.

Sanivation is a Kenya-based social enterprise which deploys waste processing systems for non-sewered urban communities to cost-effectively manage, treats and converts fecal sludge into a reusable waste product, charcoal briquettes for which there is high demand in the region. In communities that require a full sanitation solution, Sanivation also provides services to cater to the entire value chain, including the installation of toilets in households.

earAccess is a Canadian for-profit social enterprise that provides access to hearing devices in LMIC settings at a 50-70% discount from market rates. To date, With TTS follow-on funding earAccess will leverage their experience and innovative service model to rollout a holistic solution to provide hearing services for children under 5 years of age.

Sanisol Association Peru ("X-runner") provides a sanitation alternative in low-resource communities. The business model - the feasibility of which was demonstrated under a Stars grant - is based on a sanitation subscription service. When a customer subscribes, X-runner installs a waterless toilet in the home and the customer then pays for weekly pick-up of solid waste that X-runner processes into nutrient-rich compost.

For 9 years now, Eau et Vie has been promoting pre-carious districts’ inclusion by the access to a drinking water system, to clean-up operations and by the com-munity mobilization. Eau et Vie contributes to improving populations’ living conditions on the base of social entrepreneurship and taking account of the slums’ spe-cific environment.This sanitation project is a pilot project developed as part of the global project of Eau et Vie in Bangladesh. Since 2011, Eau et vie has developed an efficient water network in Bhashantek, a slum of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.