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Water Hand Pumps
Once your Hand Pump is installed, you will receive a completion report of your hand pump with location and pictures. You can also choose a name (max 25 characters) for the plaque on the handpump.
Across Asia and Africa, it is the women of the household who are expected to be responsible for collecting enough water for everyone to use. In areas of extreme poverty, where access to basic water and hygiene facilities are not readily available, this often means mothers and daughters having to walk miles to collect clean water.
With an average human using between 30-50 litres of water per day, this often results in multiple trips to ensure everyone in the household has enough.
A 2016 study by UNICEF estimates that 200 million hours a day are spent by women and girls around the world just collecting water.
It’s not just the long distances and time spent that are problems. Carrying these volumes of water across vast distances result in strained backs, shoulders and necks which can cause significant injury. Other injuries are often caused from having to walk over uneven, steep and dangerous terrain or across busy roads.
Across Asia and Africa, it is the women of the household who are expected to be responsible for collecting enough water for everyone to use. In areas of extreme poverty, where access to basic water and hygiene facilities are not readily available, this often means mothers and daughters having to walk miles to collect clean water.
With an average human using between 30-50 litres of water per day, this often results in multiple trips to ensure everyone in the household has enough.
A 2016 study by UNICEF estimates that 200 million hours a day are spent by women and girls around the world just collecting water.
It’s not just the long distances and time spent that are problems. Carrying these volumes of water across vast distances result in strained backs, shoulders and necks which can cause significant injury. Other injuries are often caused from having to walk over uneven, steep and dangerous terrain or across busy roads.