Source: BBC
A company in South Africa has found a way to harness youthful energy in solving the perennial problem of water supply in rural villages.
It uses a playground roundabout to power a borehole pump.
Roundabout Outdoors is now hoping to take the concept to other African countries where water infrastructure languishes behind South Africa.
The play-pump benefits women and girls in particular who can spend hours each day fetching water.
“African and Asian women spend up to six hours a day walking to collect water,” Roundabout Outdoor’s Trevor Field told the BBC’s World Today.
“If we put a play-pump in, if you look at the saving on time alone it’s phenomenal, and it does have a massive impact on the health of children and people in general.”
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