Spouts International: How the nasty experience of a college student led to the birth of biggest ceramic water filter manufacturer in Uganda, East Africa

The story of Spouts International, the largest manufacturer of ceramic water filters in the region, started 12 years ago in a small chicken coop in rural Uganda. According to Daniel Yin, the chief executive officer of Spouts International, it was inspired by Kathy Ku, a young college student who spent the summer of 2010 in Uganda and was struck by how many people around her were getting sick from dirty water. “Seeing that these diseases could be prevented, she knew there was a better way. Spouts was created in 2011 with the simple idea that ceramic water filters could be…