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|[[Image:ropepump.jpg|left|200px]] Project: [http://www.akvo.org/rsr/project/17/ Training on Rope Pump Manufacture, Madagascar]. Training private sector operators in low-cost hand pump manufacture.
Project partners: [http://www.akvo.org/rsr/organisation/15/ Practica Foundation], [http://www.akvo.org/rsr/organisation/43/ Aqua for All], and [http://www.akvo.org/rsr/organisation/17/ VSA].
Result: 8 people trained during workshop, 480 people affected.
Description: Training local workshops to manufacture family rope pumps to facilitate dissemination of package of low cost water drilling and pumping techs at both community and household levels by Voahary Salama.
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|'''Share your news and knowledge''' on water and sanitation by contributing articles to the Akvopedia. We've used the same conventions as the well-known online resource Wikipedia, so adding and editing articles is quick and easy to learn. This [[Editing an Akvopedia page | graphical guide]] will get you started; more detailed information about editing wiki articles is available in the help pages: [[Help:Contents]]
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Do you have good content that you would like to contribute, but you lack the time or the resources? Would you like to propose a new item, or do you need help with putting content in the pages? Akvopedia offers free editorial services, provided by our editor Mark Tiele Westra. Please contact him at m.t.westra[[Image:At.png|14px]]akvo.org.
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