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PlayPump® Water System: Bringing Water to the Poor
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Summary
We will bring clean drinking water to the poor in Mozambique via a next-generation water pump, the PlayPump® Water System: a merry-go-round water pump powered by play with a decade of maintenance.
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Received $43,424 from 677 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
In Africa, women and girls spend as much as three hours a day fetching water. Over 50 percent of Africans in rural areas don’t have access to clean water. This pattern is replicated in schools; it is often girls who are sent to fetch it, taking time away from their studies and playtime. Making clean water available closer to homes and schools significantly increases the time that mothers have available to care for their children, girls have to attend school, and also reduces childhood illness.
Activities
We are working with governments, foundations and companies to donate and install PlayPump systems throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, which will bring clean water to up 10 million poor people over the next three years.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $43,424
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $96,576
Total Funding Goal: $140,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
With a PlayPump system, communities will be able to reduce water-related diseases; reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS through public awareness messaging; enhance access to education, especially for girls; and provide access to play.
Project Message
The aim is to bring water and sanitation to all our schools, and PlayPump {water systems} are an important step in that direction.
- Aires Aly, Minister of Education and Culture, Mozambique
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on August 16, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 25, 2006.
Latest Update from the Field
PlayPump System in Maputo, Mozambique
By Kristina Gubic - Communications Manager, August 16, 2007 03:49 PM
In 2005 a PlayPump water system was donated to a community in Spontania, Mozambique. Read about the positive impact of the system on the community and see photos of the Intaka school.
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