Stichting Connect International

An investigation of Geodata and WaterAid in the Njombe area in the south of Tanzania indicated that 90% of all rope pumps visited were functioning. Other handpumps in this area are SWN80 and NIRA/TANIRA of which 63% and 17% were functioning respectively.

Connect International trained local workshops in this area and over 1150 pumps have now been produced of which some 30% are sold independant from donations for example to private families. Rope pumps are 5 to 8 times cheaper than piston pumps and can pump from wells to 35 meters deep. In this pump range the rope pump proves to be an affordable, repairable and therefore sustainable handpump solution.

January 2011