Water Pump

We are delighted that a well, named after the school, has been built in Africa. It is wonderful to be able to make a real difference to the lives of people less fortunate.

The pump is located in Zimbabwe in Manicaland – a province in the north eastern highlands of Zimbabwe.

An Elephant Pump can easily provide safe drinking water for upwards of 300 people.

The impact on the community where the well is built is profound and far reaching.

There are numerous ways in which having a water pump will assist a community:

• It provides safe, clean drinking water to a community that before would not have access to drinking water, but would most likely need to walk for miles to retrieve water in buckets or containers.
• As the focus of the well building is for sustainability, it is likely that having access to water close by will mean that the children (as well as others) in the community will be able to eat better, drink more water and from this be able to better concentrate in class at school, which means a better education and a better future for them.
• Depending upon the set-up in the community where the pump is, it is possible that a banana plantation could be established, and using water from the pump, the bananas could then be sold, more banana plants could be planted, and the monies from the sales could contribute towards the children’s school fees.