Sarah Collins
A lifetime activist for change, Sarah Collins became aware of inequality at a very young age growing up in Natal, South Africa. She has since spent her life fighting for change – for Africa and the world – starting with conservation, where she tirelessly worked for 15 years. After this, she turned her attention to the political, starting a political party that ran against the ANC.
This wasn’t enough for Sarah and she turned her mind to business as a method for change came. Her big idea is Wonderbag. It is a cooking pot with a difference – it is safer for the environment and for the women in many developing communities who do most of their cooking over open fires.
The Wonderbag has been developed to be able to cook food using less fuel and producing less fumes.
It is an innovation that can truly make a difference in the poorest communities
A South African invention has just been listed as one of Time magazine’s Top 50 genius products. It's called the Wonderbag and it's a heavily insulated container that allows you to slow-cook food without using electricity.
Sarah Collins Features
This Innovator Is Using Her Grandma’s Old-School Trick To Save Lives Around The World
You don’t need to develop artificial intelligence or virtual reality to create a transformative product. Sometimes, innovation is based on simple, older-fashioned technology.
In rural Africa, scores of women prepare and cook meals over an open fire each day. They find and collect wood, chop it for use, start the fire and then slow cook the meals. Social entrepreneur Sarah Collins, 47, sought a simple and sustainable cooking solution that would unshackle these women from the kitchen.
Wonderbag Changing Women’s Lives in Africa
Sarah Collins, a Wonderbag founder and a globally recognised change leader, has been crowned Fairlady's 2016 Woman of the Future.
This Innovator Is Using Her Grandma’s Old-School Trick To Save Lives Around The World
You don’t need to develop artificial intelligence or virtual reality to create a transformative product. Sometimes, innovation is based on simple, older-fashioned technology.
A Cloth Slow Cooker Is Empowering Women In Rural Communities
In rural Africa, scores of women prepare and cook meals over an open fire each day. They find and collect wood, chop it for use, start the fire and then slow cook the meals. Social entrepreneur Sarah Collins, 47, sought a simple and sustainable cooking solution that would unshackle these women from the kitchen.
Wonderbag Changing Women’s Lives in Africa
Sarah Collins, a Wonderbag founder and a globally recognised change leader, has been crowned Fairlady's 2016 Woman of the Future.
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Sarah Collins Talks
Speaker Sarah Collins at the HEALING SUMMIT 2019
South African Woman Creates ‘wonderbag’ To Help Poor Women
The Wonderbag Story by Sarah Collins
Sarah Collins, Founder of Wonderbag
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