The work created by the Wish for WASH Thinks community seeks to inform, advocate, educate, reflect and ideate on recent water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) related news and research while also acting as a platform for diverse voices to not only contribute to, but to lead innovative and progressive projects within this sector.
November 12, 2022 by Jasmine Burton
Read more about our 2022 design jam experience where we implemented our 1.0 design jams, ideated on a 2.0 design jam concept, and transitioned back to some in-person design thinking experiences! Read more about our process and learnings here.
July 19, 2022 by Jasmine Burton
The 2021 Design Thinking and Community Outreach team within Wish for WASH hosted a Design Jam for the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) Virtual workshop series. The focus of the event was “Public Bathrooms’’ in honor of World Toilet Day on November 19th. The content for this Design Jam covered sanitation studies and various stigmas […]
July 18, 2022 by Jasmine Burton
Wish for WASH (W4W) is an organization dedicated to educating and innovating in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector. The 2021 Design Thinking and Community Outreach team within Wish for WASH hosted a Design Jam for a Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Earn Your STEM coat troop of Cadets who were between the ages […]
by Jasmine Burton
After two successful 3-part Design Jam series with the Weber High School in Atlanta, Georgia last fall and spring, W4W coordinated with the faculty to repeat the series this fall to continue increasing design thinking and WASH knowledge in its high school student body. Check out more about the fall 2021 Wish for WASH x […]
October 14, 2021 by Jasmine Burton
This specific design research process book is the result and synthesis of: • A market research analysis that showcases the current landscape of toilet products that are both off-grid and available for purchase on the United States market; • A critical analysis and literature review of the sanitation landscape; and • The results of a […]
October 11, 2021 by Jasmine Burton
Wish for WASH (W4W) is an organization dedicated to educating and innovating in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector. The 2021 Design Thinking and Community Outreach team within Wish for WASH hosted a Design Jam for the Atlanta Girls’ School (AGS) Unconscious Bias Summer Institute. The focus of the event “Period Problems” which covered […]
by Jasmine Burton
Wish for WASH (W4W) is an organization dedicated to educating and innovating in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector. The 2021 Design Thinking and Community Outreach team within Wish for WASH hosted a Design Jam for the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) Teen Virtual workshop series. The focus of the event “Period Problems” which […]
by Jasmine Burton
The Weber High School in Atlanta, Georgia approached W4W with an interest in being a part of this pilot program in order to increase design thinking and WASH knowledge in its high school student body. The three, two-hour Design Jams that W4W held for Weber in spring 2021 focused on water, sanitation and menstrual health. […]
April 30, 2021 by Jasmine Burton
The 2021 Design Thinking and Community Outreach team within Wish for WASH hosted a Design Jam for a Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta ‘Earn Your STEM coat’ troop of Cadets (who were between the ages of 11-14 years). The focus of the event “Period Problems” which covered Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH) and various stigma […]
April 5, 2021 by Jasmine Burton
Wish for WASH Thinks seeks to expand the off-grid sanitation market. Sections 2 through 4 of this report provide an overview of design considerations, such as external design, sanitation concerns, disability accommodations, and composting options. Section 5 is an abbreviated market research landscape analysis that compares cost estimates and features for some of the toilets […]
January 25, 2021 by Jasmine Burton
Wish for WASH (W4W) is a social impact organization that seeks to innovate in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector through culturally specific research, design, and education. Since 2018, W4W has been expanding its WASH-related educational programming by piloting Design Jams for intergenerational and intersectional audiences. The Weber High School in Atlanta, Georgia approached W4W […]
January 8, 2021 by Jasmine Burton
The Wish for WASH 2020 Design Thinking and Community Outreach team, comprised of 10 W4W members, hosted a Design Jam for the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta’s first ever Virtual STEM Expo in November 2020! Read more about the event in the learning report below.
July 22, 2020 by Jasmine Burton
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wish for WASH team sought to use the power of design thinking to help support water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)-related homeless initiatives in Atlanta in a creative, interactive, and generative format. This document captures the team’s process, experience and learnings as well as potential next steps for conducting a similar […]
April 16, 2020 by Jasmine Burton
The Wish for WASH (W4W) education team conducted a Design Thinking workshop with a troop from the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta. It was an overall success with the 5 W4W team members that led the event and coordinated the logistics for 12 Girl Scouts (approximately ~8-9 years old) that attended with their mothers. This inaugural […]
December 24, 2019 by Jasmine Burton
The OpenIDEO Atlanta and Wish for WASH (W4W) Design Challenge, known as the Design Jam, was a success on the part of OpenIDEO, W4W, and the 10 participants (comprised of both undergraduates and graduate students from the metro-Atlanta area) that attended for the second event of the year. This 2nd collaboration was held on November […]
April 22, 2019 by Jasmine Burton
The OpenIDEO Atlanta and Wish for WASH (W4W) Design Challenge, known as the Design Jam, was a success on the part of OpenIDEO, W4W, and the 20 participants that attended. This inaugural collaboration was held on March 10th, 2019 at the DesignBloc at Georgia Tech and was sponsored by Autodesk Fusion 360. This is summary […]
September 26, 2018 by Jasmine Burton
Beginning in spring of 2018, the Paideia School granted our Wish for WASH team with the opportunity to conduct a composting research project as well as leading the first of several short -term classes contributing to a larger tiny home project. The resulting course, “Giving a S***: Design for a Better World,” is centered around […]
November 7, 2017 by Jasmine Burton
This is a comprehensive overview following the Wish for WASH and Global Growers dry-toilet design, implementation and monitoring project that occurred at the Decatur Kitchen Garden between 2016 and 2017.
October 17, 2017 by Jasmine Burton
This is a needs-assessment report written by Taylor Hendricks, Jasmine Burton, and Mary Ajwang via a joint project between Save the Mothers in Mukono, Uganda and Wish for WASH during the aforementioned writer’s Global Health Corps Fellowship year. The final report is intended for grant applications in an effort to improve the WASH conditions of […]
October 7, 2017 by Jasmine Burton
At the beginning of 2016, the Zambian branch of Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) and Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) worked with Wish for WASH (W4W), a Georgia Tech founded student startup, to retrofit one of the three-hundred Ecological Sanitation (EcoSan) toilets in a Lusaka’s peri-urban compound. The EcoSan toilets, originally […]
by Jasmine Burton
by Jasmine Burton
This video is a recap of Wish for WASH’s 2016 Zambian learning pilot.
STEM in the Social Sector — Article by Wish for WASH Founder & CEO, Jasmine Burton
TEDxAtlanta: Empathic Design — Video of TEDx presentation on empathic design by Wish for WASH Founder & CEO, Jasmine Burton
IDEO's Human Centered Design Toolkit — Site detailing human centered design methods and how to use them
