Fundación Chile chose Alfredo Zolezzi as part of the first generation of ‘Chileans without Borders’. This nomination distinguishes people who have innovated from their own disciplines, motivated by the construction of a better country.
Alfredo was invited to talk about Innovation with Purpose, which has achieved that advanced technology and social problems work together. He introduces analyzing the current context, in which he reveals the contradictions between technological development and the expansion of poverty. Given this scenario, he proposes a route to address humanitarian problems in a different way: effective collaboration.
Since 2011, Alfredo Zolezzi and his team have concentrated their efforts on proving that it is possible to connect technological innovation with social problems. The first pilots were implemented in Chile, in vulnerable communities that did not have access to water, generating an immediate change in the quality of life of these people
Scaling a disruptive technology in the water industry has not been easy. There are innumerable products, however, they have not been designed to reach the most vulnerable contexts. After 7 years of prototypes, testing in real conditions – underserved, communities, schools - and continuous technological improvements, we have PWSS products manufactured with European certification and ISO standards.
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