Profile: PlayPumps International
Year Founded
2006
Type
Non-profit
Last on Think
Updated on: 09/02/2008 07:20
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Mission Statement

PlayPumps International's mission is to provide schools and communities throughout Africa with a uniquely sustainable, free supply of clean drinking water. More than one billion people do not have access to clean drinking water and more than two billion people lack adequate sanitation. 6,000 people die everyday, or one every 15 seconds, due to preventable water-related diseases.

 

It doesn't have to be this way. In an increasing number of communities throughout Africa, sounds of laughter can be heard. Children, boys and girls alike are playing on the merry-go-rounds that are part of the PlayPump® water system. KIDS PLAY. WATER PUMPS!

 

The PlayPump water system is a children's merry-go-round attached to a water pump, a raised storage tank, an easy-to-use faucet, and four billboards surrounding the tank. While children have fun spinning on the merry-go-round, clean water is drawn from underground into a 660 gallon tank, easily accessible by a simple tap. The system's storage tank features billboards that carry powerful educational, health, and commercial product messages.

 

The life-changing invention can provide easy access to safe water, lead to improvements in health, education, gender equality, and economic development, and bring joy to children.

Location
1717 Rhode Island Ave NW Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
United States
Phone
202-467-5788
Fax
Website
www.PlayPumps.org
Email
info@playpumps.org
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Yes to Life
A PlayPump water system in Diepsloot, South Africa, displays powerful public service announcements about HIV/AIDS.
By PlayPumps International on july 23, 2008
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Tags  HIV/AIDS  PlayPumps  South Africa  global water crisis 
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Another way of pumping water
Traditionally and literally the burden of water collection falls on the shoulders of children, women, and girls.
By PlayPumps International on july 23, 2008
Views 8
Tags  water  PlayPumps  global water crisis 
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Water is Life
School children need clean drinking water to be able to learn. Yet, half the world's schools lack safe water.
By PlayPumps International on july 23, 2008
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Look at the garden grow
A young girl in Mozambique helps the school garden to grow by daily watering.
By PlayPumps International on july 23, 2008
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Water = Food Security
Access to water empowers and uplifts entire communities. Here, at Mulkatine Primary School, the students have used the water from a PlayPump water system to plant a community food garden.
By PlayPumps International on july 23, 2008
Views 8
Tags  water  PlayPumps  Food Security  global water crisis  mozambique 
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Ngolhoza
Kids play, water pumps at Ngolhoza Primary School in Mozambique.
By PlayPumps International on july 23, 2008
Views 6
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GOOD Magazine: Water
For World Water Day 2008, we look at the planet's water, how it's being used, and the increasing strains on this vital resource. Drink up!
By PlayPumps International on april 07, 2008
Views 103
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Clean drinking water
As kids play on the PlayPump water system at Vulingqondo Primary, a young girl drinks fresh, safe water from the tap.
By PlayPumps International on march 26, 2008
Views 87