The Blue Bag
Water Innovation Award 2015

Develop solutions to improve access to clean water, increase sanitation facilities, and reduce water contamination levels for residents of Jakarta.

This is your chance to make a real difference in your community, study at a reputed university, and gain work experience with Mercy Corps Indonesia.

Winners Announcements

Blue Bag Water Innovation Award 2015 is now closed. We would like to thank everyone who participated!

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Prizes

  • Full tuition fee waiver for 2 year’s Master’s programme in Water Resources Engineering at Lund University worth approximately 30,000 EURO and annual return flights to Sweden provided by IKEA Indonesia.
  • Living allowance, accommodation and health insurance worth 18,000 EURO provided by Lund University.
  • Internship in Indonesia with Mercy Corps Indonesia’s Blue Bag Project during your studies.
  • Opportunity to work on your Master’s thesis with Mercy Corps Indonesia.

The Blue Bag project

IKEA Indonesia will donate 100% of revenue from the sale of all Blue Bags to Mercy Corps Indonesia’s local water sanitation and sewage project.

This project will provide and install 100 septic tanks over the period of two years in the local community of Kecamatan Penjaringan, North Jakarta.