Jompy Water Boiler

The Jompy waterboiler Finalist in the BBC World Challenge Awards

The Jompy is designed and patented by David Osborne in Troon, Scotland. It has been very successfully tried and tested in Africa and India, and is now available through Uchumi stores throughout Kenya.

The Jompy is a highly effective water boiler that allows the consumer to carry out two tasks at the same time: boiling water whilst cooking.This unique product (weighing just 600g) can boil 1 litre of water every 45-60 seconds with the water reaching temperatures of up to 86 degrees, drastically reducing the amount of fuel required; as well as providing a means of clean hot water to improve sanitation.

See the Jompy in action in the video below :

The Jompy Stove is a lightweight and inexpensive stove-top device that sits between a cooking pot or an open flame to rapidly heat water. Invented by David Osborne, a plumber from Scotland, this incredibly simple technology could save millions who die from drinking contaminated water.

The Jompy is a win-win technology, where householders can cook a meal whilst killing bacteria in dirty water at the same time. Gravity pushes the water through the Jompy, and it even works on simple three stone fires, making it perfect for use in the bush. It's now being supplied to Uchumi supermarkets in Kenya.

“It is a tragedy that diarrhoea, which is little more than an inconvenience in the developed world, kills an estimated 1. 5 million children each year,”

said UNICEF Executive Director, Ann M. Veneman

3 children die each and every minute because of water-related diseases.

The W.H.O. states that there is a world health crisis, and state that 1.1 billion people do not have access to clean water. This equates to 5 million deaths every year from water-related diseases of which diarrhoea is the biggest killer.

Is there a solution?

The Jompy is an innovative, environment-friendly, fuel-efficient waterboiler with all the features listed on the right of this column. It can be used over any open flame and de-contaminates the water as it pases through.

The Jompy:

Simple use and operation
Reduction in natural resources required
Reduction in time spent over a fire
Extremely cost-effective
Less time required looking for firewood
Can do two tasks at the same time
Reduced smoke – reduced respiratory and eye problems
Flames from the fire are trapped under the device and pot, therefore less risk of clothes catching fire
Device proven to kill bacteria
Reduces water-borne diseases like cholera, dysentery, and diarrhoea
No Maintenance or moving parts
· Lifespan 10 years plus

The Jompy in use in Kenya

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