Difference between revisions of "Accessible - Bathing Equipment"
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| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:bathing_equip1.png|thumb|left|130px|]] | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:bathing_equip1.png|thumb|left|130px|Hanging string for clothes (ideal height is 1.2 m)]] |
| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:bathing_equip2.png|thumb|left|230px|]] | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:bathing_equip2.png|thumb|left|230px|Towel or cloth with a loop or handle at each end. One end is attached to a fixed point, to make it easy to use with one hand.]] |
| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:bathing_equip3.png|thumb|left|280px|]] | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:bathing_equip3.png|thumb|left|280px|Bathing sponge: made of old fishing net and sisal wrapped around a stick and tied with a piece of bicycle tube]] |
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|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour''' | |width="20%"|'''Cost / labour''' | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Hanging string for clothes (ideal height is 1.2 m) | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Hanging string for clothes (ideal height is 1.2 m)''' |
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* Made from locally available materials | * Made from locally available materials | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Towel or cloth with a loop or handle at each end. One end is attached to a fixed point, to make it easy to use with one hand. | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Towel or cloth with a loop or handle at each end. One end is attached to a fixed point, to make it easy to use with one hand.''' |
|Made from locally available materials | |Made from locally available materials | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Bathing sponge: made of old fishing net and sisal wrapped around a stick and tied with a piece of bicycle | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Bathing sponge: made of old fishing net and sisal wrapped around a stick and tied with a piece of bicycle tube''' |
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|Made from locally available materials | |Made from locally available materials | ||
|Not durable | |Not durable | ||
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===Acknowledgements=== | ===Acknowledgements=== | ||
| − | * Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAid. | + | * Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAid and WEDC. |
| + | [[Image:WaterAid logo.png|none|100px|link=http://www.wateraid.org/us]] | ||
| + | [[Image:WEDC logo.png|none|100px|link=http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/index.html]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:28, 31 January 2015
| Suitable for: all users. |
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| Hanging string for clothes (ideal height is 1.2 m) |
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| Towel or cloth with a loop or handle at each end. One end is attached to a fixed point, to make it easy to use with one hand. | Made from locally available materials |
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| Bathing sponge: made of old fishing net and sisal wrapped around a stick and tied with a piece of bicycle tube | Made from locally available materials | Not durable |
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Acknowledgements
- Content and images: Compendium of accessible WASH technologies WaterAid and WEDC.
