Category Archives: pumps

Something breaks on the pump and it never works again (Opinionator)

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Read at : http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/keeping-the-water-flowing-in-rural-villages/ Keeping the Water Flowing in Rural Villages By TINA ROSENBERG Keeping projects in business for the long term has been a constant theme of the Fixes column, and if sustainability has a poster child, it would … Continue reading →

Posted in pumps, Water

Guaranteed and reliable repairs when hand pumps break down (Google / Opinionator)

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – images of the Africa Drought http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/to-maintain-water-pumps-it-takes-more-than-a-village/ To Maintain Water Pumps, It Takes More Than a Village By TINA ROSENBERG This is a follow-up to Friday’s column “Keeping the Water Flowing in Rural Villages.” Readers … Continue reading →

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Easy irrigation tools for African farmers (CS Monitor)

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

Via a Facebook message of Cynthia ODERA (Kenya) : http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Responsible-Tech/2008/0723/a-water-pump-for-the-people A water pump for the people Inventor Martin Fisher designs easy irrigation tools for African farmers. By Peter Smith, Correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor / As an aid worker … Continue reading →

Posted in irrigation, pumps

Generators and pumps to draw groundwater to cultivate vegetables and other crops (UNNews / UNDP)

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

UN-MANAGED IRRIGATION PROJECT IN SUDAN BOOSTS COMMUNITY’S CROP PRODUCTION New York, May 24 2011  5:05PM Irrigation equipment provided through an initiative managed by the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) has enabled more than 1,000 farmers in north-eastern Sudan to increase … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, irrigation, pumps, UNDP, Water

Ghana : the Rope Pump Technology (RPT) to draw water from the ground (NGO NewsAfrica)

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.ngonewsafrica.org/?p=7468 Ghana: Govt must approve Rope Pump Technology for more water The government has been urged to include na : the Rope Pump Technology (RPT) on the list of approved pumps to be used in the country … Continue reading →

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Sudan still needs water (MediaGlobal)

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

Read at : http://mediaglobal.org/article/2011-02-26/sudan_still_needs_water By Gregory Rose Only 37 percent of Sudan’s population has access to clean water, making it extremely hard to grow food, and give families the resources they need to live. This problem is particularly acute in … Continue reading →

Posted in boreholes / wells, drinking water, pumps

One Difference’s PLAYPUMP on Facebook

Posted on March 23, 2010 by

How to bring clean water to a village? One Difference Midnight. Monday 22 March. 154,961 fans. In celebration of 2010 World Water Day one of our trustees will fund a PlayPump in the name of our amazing Facebook community once … Continue reading →

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Airwell Pumps

Posted on June 20, 2008 by

An interesting message from Neil Evans <Neil@airwellpumps.com> Airwell Pumps We are an Western Australian company that manufacture a specialised ground water pump that may be of great interest across a broad area of pumping ground water. Our method of pumping … Continue reading →

Posted in boreholes / wells, pumps, Water

Simple treadle pumps for irrigation (MMC / FAO)

Posted on March 4, 2008 by

An interesting message from Michael CROWN : Needed by African farmers: simple water pumps http://www.fao.org/news/2001/010103-e.htm Finding sufficient water for irrigation is one of the major challenges facing farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. “Very often it is too expensive for small farmers … Continue reading →

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American pumps up Third World farmers’ income (McClatchy)

Posted on February 25, 2008 by

A message from my son Jan : http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/27353.html American pumps up Third World farmers’ income By Frank Greve | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — If there’s a limit to what one person can do about Third World poverty, Paul Polak hasn’t … Continue reading →

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