Good Hygiene Everyday Keeps Illnesses Away!
Asia P3 Hub Newsletter, October 2018 Issue
Are you familiar with “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”? The same goes with daily practice of good hygiene! Healthy personal hygiene habits such as washing your hands, bathing regularly and brushing your teeth are essential to keep you away from viruses, bacteria and illnesses.
But what if people in some parts of the world are faced with challenges to access basic human needs like clean water and proper sanitation? What if gender discrimination is part of a country’s nature and cultural norms, resulting to something biologically normal be treated as taboo and shameful?
This month, we talk about some ways to manage such challenges — through design thinking and collaboration. Human-Centered Design is a subject that we have spoken about over and over in previous blogs and newsletters, because we believe that the people who we are designing a solution for should be at the ‘heart of the design process’. We also believe that everyone plays a part in co-creating ways to tackle social issues, so collaboration, or shall we say ‘combinatorial innovation’, is the way to go!
Enjoy reading our newsletter!
WASH — WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE
Global Handwashing Day 2018
October 15 marks a very important but under-recognized life saver! Global Handwashing Day is dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of washing our hands with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. To celebrate and champion the importance of handwashing, Asia P3 Hub, together with our partner Kohler Company, took part in a couple of exciting events emphasizing the value of this simple task — Human-Centered Design workshop and Handwashing Behaviour Change Think Tank!
[Read the full article]
Break the Taboo. Period.
Menstruation is a normal biological process and a key sign of reproductive health, yet in many cultures it is treated as something negative, shameful or dirty. The continued silence around menstruation, combined with limited access to information at home and in schools results in millions of women and girls having very little knowledge about what is happening to their bodies when they menstruate and how to deal with it. Here are nine best practices for Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM).
[Read the full article]
CONVERSATIONS
World Vision CEO Visit: Welcome to Singapore, Kevin Jenkins!
Left to right: World Vision’s Christy Davis (Executive Director, Asia P3 Hub), Kevin Jenkins (CEO), Prasanna De Silva (former Senior Director of Operations, South Asia & Pacific)
“Asia P3 Hub has helped to generate new partnerships between World Vision and others with a passion for human development, stimulating innovative solutions which draw on our shared talents and resources. The Hub has proven to be one of the most innovative vehicles for change in World Vision and in the development sector.”
— Kevin Jenkins, CEO, World Vision International
All-Rounders: Kalpana Beesabathuni
It’s a pleasure to introduce Kalpana Beesabathuni, the Global Lead of Technology & Entrepreneurship at Sight and Life. Learn from her as she shares about how her role requires her to be an ‘all-rounder’ and the importance of multi-sector partnerships in her work.
If you’re interested to read more articles in our All-Rounder series, please click HERE!
[Our interview with Kalpana]
Innovation Process Learning from Siemens
Siemens is a global powerhouse focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. With its pronounced strengths in the automation field, the company is well placed to face the future in general and the digital age in particular.
Anne Lochoff, our Strategic Business Advisor and an advocate for innovation and smart cities, had the privilege to interview Klaus Heidinger at the World Cities Summit 2018 in Singapore last July about the innovation process at Siemens. Klaus is the Head of City IT Solutions at the Siemens Global Centre of Competence Cities, London.
[Conversation with Klaus Heidinger]
ASIA P3 HUB IN ACTION
A Fresh Conversation: Technology for Social Impact
How can we leverage technology to make a difference in lives across Asia Pacific? This is the question that brought together a group of multi-sector participants at the second ‘Bridges and Boats’ event, in partnership with thebridge co-working space on 16 Oct. This event explored how technology and social media are being used to deliver social impact, essentials for organisations to collaborate across sectors and disciplines, and set out to ‘demystify’ blockchain technology.
[Read the full article]
UPCOMING EVENT
10th Global Compact Network Singapore Summit: Building Better Businesses
In its 10th edition, GCNS Summit, a premier platform of advocacy, capacity building and networking, brings together eminent knowledge experts, government officials, business leaders, civil society organisations and the youth — to enable a truly inclusive and holistic approach to practising sustainability.
Themed “Building Better Businesses” this year, the Summit will explore latest sustainability trends and insights to build more robust and future-ready businesses. Hear from knowledge experts who will share best practices from Singapore and across the world.
Christy Davis, Asia P3 Hub Executive Director, will be on the panel entitled “The Big Debate: Sustainability Reporting Just Another Report of Zero Value to Business”.
