The Mozambican Public Works Ministry and the South African company Roundabout Water Solutions [local partner of PlayPumps International] on Thursday [24 February 2009] signed a memorandum of understanding in Maputo for the installation of 400 playpumps in the same number of Mozambican schools. [...] Each playpump is able to pump 1,400 litres of water an hour.
Zacarias explained that the memorandum follows a successful pilot phase in which 60 playpumps were installed in schools in Maputo and Gaza provinces, benefiting about 40,000 pupils and the surrounding communities. Each pump costs around 15,000 US dollars. The South African company will be in charge of the pumps for 10 years, and during this period local companies will be hired and trained in how to maintain the pumps.
The pumps [...] will benefit around a quarter of a million pupils, as well as the communities surrounding the schools, improving access to safe drinking water and sanitation.
Source: AIM / allAfrica.com, 26 Feb 2009
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TONY LA SPINA // May 30, 2009 at 7:02 am |
Brilliant fun self-help solution making available life-giving clean water to poor remote areas! Could not local people be taught skills to make, construct and mantain such units and thus create local employment?