Water and Health
True or false? To stop trachoma, people need to take expensive pills.
False
The name of the gel that Ludwick invented.
DryBath
This is the country where Ludwick Marishane is from.
South Africa
What is a huge problem for millions of people around the world?
Not having clean water
Ludwick wins a lot of these for his inventions.
Prizes
This illness comes from washing your face with dirty water and can make you blind.
Trachoma
DryBath is a kind of what?
A gel
Who was Ludwick with when he first had the idea?
His friends
The friends were talking about inventing something so you don't have to do this.
Take a bath
DryBath helps people to be _____
Healthy
According to the text, this is the simple way to stop trachoma.
Wash your face with clean water.
Where did Ludwick write the special recipe for the gel?
On his mobile phone
What did he use to do his research?
His mobile phone
Thousands of people get trachoma every year all over the world. It is an _____
infection
What are two things that are good about DryBath?
It saves water.
It helps prevent trachoma.
Dirty water can do this to people.
Give them an infection
How many years did it take for Ludwick's idea to become real?
Three
People said he was, "_____"
One of the brightest young men in the world
How do people get trachoma?
By washing their faces with dirty water.
Besides inventing new things, Ludwick now wants to do this for other young people.
He wants other people to become inventors too.