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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.

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Wish for WASH x Atlanta Girl’s School Period Problems Design Jam June 2021

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 […]

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Wish for WASH x Museum of Design Atlanta Spring 2021 Teen Design Jam

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 […]

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Wish for WASH x Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Period Problems Design Jam Spring 2021

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 […]

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Wish for WASH x The Weber School Design Jam Fall 2020 Series

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 […]

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Wish for WASH x International Rescue Committee in Atlanta Instructional Design + Life Skills Curriculum Pilot 2 – Cooking Oil Disposal and Plumbing Lesson Reflections

January 12, 2021 by Jasmine Burton

This life skills curriculum pilot reflection is a continuation from the first Wish for WASH (W4W) and International Rescue Committee Atlanta (IRC) pilot report from April 2020. View the initial, flagship report here for further context on the history and goals of this collaborative project.  Read more about this Curriculum Pilot 2 in the December […]

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2020 Wish for WASH Impact Report

December 9, 2020 by Jasmine Burton

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for sustainable, effective, and accessible WASH infrastructure and interventions. This year, our world has acutely felt the consequences of prevailing inequities, limited resources, and lack of diverse leadership in the global heath and WASH sectors. Recognition of these very concerns laid the foundations for Wish for WASH (W4W) […]

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2018-2020 Compost Research Project Reflection

September 1, 2020 by Jasmine Burton

The purpose of this experiment conducted by the Wish for WASH compost research team between 2018-2020 was to develop a method that properly composts horse manure into natural fertilizer within a variety of carbon to nitrogen ratios. Check out this quick write up about this project as members of the team learned and experimented with […]

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COVID-19 DESIGN THINKING WORKSHOP – May 2020 Virtual Design Jam Pilot Process + Reflection

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 […]

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Wish for WASH x International Rescue Committee in Atlanta Instructional Design + Life Skills Curriculum Pilot: Cooking Oil and Grease Disposal Lesson Reflection

April 29, 2020 by Jasmine Burton

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Atlanta and Wish for WASH (W4W) piloted a water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) related curriculum with a diverse group of adult learners who attended. W4W was involved in two pilot sessions. The first pilot, led by W4W members Tamara Renno and Jasmine Burton, was held on February 19th, 2020 […]

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Winter 2020 Wish for WASH x Girl Scouts of Atlanta Design Jam

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 […]

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2019 OpenIDEO + Wish for WASH Design Jam Write Up – World Toilet Day Edition

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 […]

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Wish for WASH 5 Year Impact Report

December 18, 2019 by Jasmine Burton

This impact evaluation has been developed for the purpose of assessing the real effect and reach of Wish for WASH (W4W) over its first five years in operation. In 2019, the W4W management team conducted an internal survey that was inspired by our vision to meaningfully engage more youth (under 30s) and women, particularly related […]

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2018 Wish for WASH Toilet Design Thinking Class Learning Report

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 […]

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