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Rope pumps and Tippy taps WASH options for $3 / child Smart tecs that make children proud

Rope pumps and Tippy taps WASH options for $3 / child Smart tecs that make children proud. WHO study Improved watsan $ 5 - 28 benefit / $1 invested . Problems in rural water supply Unsafe water from open wells. 3 0 - 40 % of piston pumps do not work. Why don’t people fix them*.

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Rope pumps and Tippy taps WASH options for $3 / child Smart tecs that make children proud

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  1. Rope pumps and Tippy taps WASH options for $3 / child Smart tecs that make children proud

  2. WHO studyImproved watsan$ 5 - 28 benefit / $1 invested

  3. Problems in rural water supply Unsafe water from open wells

  4. 30 - 40% of piston pumps do not work

  5. Why don’t people fix them* • Non payment by users, no cash • Spare parts unavailable, costly • No trained caretaker, trained people left • …. Complex, high cost --- Not “repairable” * WSP- WASH 2004

  6. Improvements are possibleUsingnew low cost options (Smart tecs)

  7. Drilling with Rota sludge, Baptist400 $/borehole (2000 $ for a machine drilled borehole) Rota sludge till 43 m Baptist till 70 m deep

  8. Rota-sludge right. Baptist leftUse local skills and materials

  9. Users help to construct the borehole

  10. Rope pumps can be repaired by teachers and children

  11. Results in Njombe after 3 years • 160 communal boreholes, pumps • 40 Pumps on dug wells,domestic use • 8 pumps installed at schools, 300-400 children/pump • Over 95% are working • Cost of water points reduced from 3000 $ to 600 $

  12. Sanitation • Education • Involve families in building latrines

  13. Reduce costs Test with conical latrine slab. ½ bag of cement, reinforced with wire

  14. Latrines at schools

  15. Tippy taps for hand washing

  16. SIPHON FilterCeramic silver impregnated filter for point of use treatment. Cost 0.5 $ / child / year

  17. Improved WASH at schools • 1 borehole, rope pump / school • 1 latrine / 50 children • 1 Siphon filter / 10 children • 1 Tippy tap / 50 children Cost 3 - 4 $ / child

  18. Cost - benefit for user • A family well - doubles income** • A $ 70 Rope pump - yields $ 220/year ** * “Poverty alleviation as a bussines”, SDC, U. Heierli **Field survey 5025 families Nicaragua, Upoli, Cesade, ICCO

  19. Cost - benefit for donor

  20. Challenge WASH for all school children • Improve water quality. Sodis, siphon filters • Increase water quantity. Locally produced options rooftop harvesting, manual drilling, rope pumps • Improve sanitation. Innovate latrines • Improve higiene. Education, Tippy taps

  21. Options • Increase awareness Demonstrate smart tecs on schools. Create “Smart tec centres” • Build capacity Hands on training of NGOs, institutes • Create a sustainable supply chain Involve local private sector (Profit based sustainability)

  22. Dare to be bold, dare to dreamAll children can have water, safe and clean …

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