Global Ecovillage Network/Solution Library/The mukombe handwashing device
About the challenge
[edit | edit source]Simple hygiene in dry places. Making a handwashing device from a particular but common type of squash: the mukombe.
Description
[edit | edit source]The Mukombe is a hand washing device – a “tippy tap” as it is commonly known within the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) scene – as it just requires a little tip to provide the user with just enough water to wash the hands. In water-arid areas, such a simple device can be essential to hygiene.
Areas of impact
[edit | edit source]- Social
- Health & Healing
- Ecology
- Water Cycles
See also
[edit | edit source]| Authors | Ernesto Sun |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| Organizations | Global Ecovillages NetworkGEN Africa |
| Ported from | https://www.ecovillage.org/solution/the-mukombe-handwashing-device/ (original) |
| Cite as | Ernesto Sun (2025–2026). "Global Ecovillage Network/Solution Library/The mukombe handwashing device". Appropedia. Retrieved June 4, 2026. |