The Raincoat Foundation

The Raincoat Foundation was founded in 2015 by Mikaela and Peter Granström. Clean water is a non-issue to most swedes as it flows on demand from every tap around our cities, villages and homes. To some 650 million people on this earth it just doesn’t happen that way. We didn´t start Raincoat with a clear idea or game changing innovation but what we can do is to give to those individuals and organisations that have a plan. Our policy is simple – We support initiative that will create awareness and knowledge where it is low and we support solution-oriented water projects where our actions will make a real difference.

5 September, 2017

Passionate teens from USA wins honourable waterprize

Two students from the USA, are the happy winners of the 2017 Stockholm Junior Water Prize.

The prize winners Ryan Thorpe and Rachel Chang received the prize for their novel approach to detect and purify water contaminated with Shigella, E. coli, Salmonella, and Cholera. H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the prize at an award ceremony at Grand Hotel on the 29th of August.
The winner’s motivation is to eliminate millions of human deaths each year. The project developed a unique, rapid, and sensitive method to identify, quantify and control water contaminants.

Rachel Chang was overwhelmed with feelings and emotions when it stood clear that his team has won the prize.
“All the projects here are absolutely amazing, truly of the highest quality. So, to be able to win such an achievement, it feels incredible”, he said.
The Jury was impressed by the winners, in particular their “exceptional intelligence, enthusiasm and true passion for water and human health.”

A Diploma of Excellence was awarded to the students Aniruddah Chowdhury, Arnab Chakraborty, and Rituraj Das Gupta from Bangladesh. Their project researched more efficient ways to remove dyes from textile industry discharges, using a composite of titanium dioxide and cheap, locally sourced chemicals.

“By innovative use of existing technology, they show new possibilities to cost effectively and efficiently treat harmful waste water from textile industry”, the Jury said.

Raincoat Foundation are proud to have been given the opportunity to play a significant part at the Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2017. We are full of admiration for all the young passionate and curious teens that have been participating this year. They are all the winners and we are looking forward to following their future steps and take part of their coming innovative ideas towards a world where water issues are no longer a problem.
Read more about the winning project here.

http://www.siwi.org/latest/ryan-thorpe-rachel-chang-usa-win-2017-stockholm-junior-water-prize/