PedalTap

In Uganda and most developing countries, the most common tap is the manual tap where you have to use your hand to open the tap, wash your hands, and then use the clean hands to close the tap. If it is a tap at a public water point, there is a 60% risk that you will walk away with an infection in your hands. Recommended practice is to rinse the tap after use, use your elbow to open and close the tap, and use tissue to open and close the tap, but these recommendations are often not being followed.

‘PedalTap’ is an affordable, portable hands-free foot-operated water tap dispensing system. The PedalTap technology is modifying the existing water tap system to create a no-touch cost-effective solution for developing countries that reduces the growth and frequency of potent and infectious diseases spread like flu, cholera, Ebola on existing taps. Effective hand hygiene contributes 60% reduction in hospital care associated infectious and potent diseases spread in public facilities.

PedalTap has impacted 30,000 lives by improving hand hygiene and reducing water wastage. The project has successfully transitioned to market launch and is seeking further partnerships.