PlayPump Operative's Perspective

PlayPumps Operative

Children playing on the PlayPumps roundabout (PlayPumps, 2015. Link embedded)

 

Hello my name is Yooku. I live in Ghana and have done my whole life. I work for the company PlayPumps who water pumping equipment disguised as children’s play equipment. The pumps come in forms of roundabouts which children from the local schools can play on and get water from the groundwater out of specifically chosen and tested safe boreholes from which the water is taken. The rate of extraction is checked and pumping equipment is amended so the boreholes are never run dry but otherwise the energy of the children playing on the revolving roundabouts turn the pumps and cause there to be clean water available easily for the previously barren villages. This means that children can go to school without having to worry about having long treks to get water, they now have a close source and because the water is sourced from a tested and clean environment the levels of water borne experienced in the area are reduced significantly. So less fatalities occur and less time is spent off school for health reasons. The children also love the equipment so the general health and happiness of the village is increased with not a lot of expenditure relative to the outcomes gained.

My most recent posting had to be my favourite one yet. The village previous to my helping had no nearby water source at all the girls were having to walk up to an hour and a half away to get some disgusting brown water. I think the investor responsible had been on a location scouting trip or something but he must’ve seen something he liked. A cheque came into the office from Smithington enterprises, an American company, enough to cover a couple of Playpump placements and a working toilet and sanitation block by the school. They are all overjoyed by the results. This help will likely help the village escape from the no water poverty loop they are experiencing and it will basically give the children in schools their future back. The result from this will be earth shattering to the village I can’t wait to see the results in a few years, I did hear rumours of a help centre opening up nearby that will also bring some more jobs…