16/06/2026
🇮🇳 Meet our winning team from India!
📌 In rural Velur, Kerala, most households and small livestock farms use open wells as their main source of drinking water. These wells can be contaminated by animal waste, agricultural runoff, and household pollutants — putting both people and animals at risk of serious waterborne diseases.
Many families do not know the water they drink every day may not be safe.
This student team from Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU), covering veterinary public health, nursing, and environmental forestry will test the water, map the risks, and work directly with 60 community members — prioritising women, farmers from marginalised communities, and lower-income households — to improve water safety practices.
📌Dr. Divya Rani Thomas, Assistant Professor at Department Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University.
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