Rope pump videos

#1: Rope pumps around the world. Movie made by Mark Tiele Westra, Connect International, The Netherlands.

#2: Small scale irrigation with a rope pump, Zambia. Connect International, The Netherlands. Small scale irrigation with a hand drilled borehole and rope pump in Mazambuka, Zambia. The farmer irrigates 400 m2 of tomatoes, and the pump supplies water to an additional 10 families.

#3: Hand drilled borehole and rope pump in Tanzania. Connect International, The Netherlands. The borehole was drilled in 3 days, to a depth of 28 meters. Total cost of the borehole, including pump: 500 US$. Smart Tec Center Shipo, Tanzania.

#4: Windmill powered rope pump in Nicaragua. S.J. Batchelor, 1999. An innovative low-cost windmill for water pumping used in Nicaragua for small-scale irrigation, cattle watering and domestic use. The design is based on a Dutch model developed by CWD consultancy wind energy developing countries. The windmill drives a rope pump, similar to the hand rope pump of which 70.000 are installed in Nicaragua. Of the wind rope pump, up to now, 400 have been installed, produced by the enterprise AMEC in Managua.

5. Rope Pump animation

6. Motorized rope pump on platform in Ethiopia

7. Motor rope pump

8. Rope pump part 1

9. Rope pump part 2

10. Rope pump installation in Mozambique

11. Rope Pump in Congo

12. Windmill and rope pump repairing in India

13. Rope pump in India. Women repairing it.

14. Small water tank with rope pump

15. Tulip water Filter. How it works.

16. Supply chain for rope pumps

17. Rope pump in Tanzania

18. Borehole drilling manual Baptist method.

• Video #5: Rope Pump animation. A short video animation, demonstrating a Rope Pump. Resource Development International Cambodia, RDI.

• Video #6: Motorized rope pump on platform in Ethiopia. Motor rope pump being used to fill overhead tank.

• Video #7: Motorized rope pump installed in a field in Burkina Faso. Used for small-scale irrigation.

• Video #8, #9: Rope pump part 1 & 2. A Rope pump plays a major role in helping the villagers avoid unsafe ground water that is contaminated with arsenic.

• Video #10: Rope pump installation in Mozambique (family model on hand dug well) - Watch how a family model rope pump is installed on a hand dug well in Mozambique. The pump is made by local entrepreneurs in their own local workshop with local available materials and cost between 50 and 100 USD.

• Video #11: Rope Pump in Congo (family model) - This shows a short explanation of a family model rope pump in Congo. The pump is made by local entrepreneurs in their own local workshop with local available materials and cost between 50 and 100 USD.

• Video #12: Windmill and rope pump repairing in India - This windmill is connected to a rope pump. This windmill produces water for a farm. It turns out of the wind and stops automatically when the wind becomes dangerously strong. Both the windmill and the pump are produced by local entrepreneurs with local available materials in this case in India. The film shows some maintenance activities.

• Video #13: Rope pump in India. Women repairing it. Just as any machine with moving parts, also rope pumps need maintenance. Watch how some women in India repair and maintain a rope pump. The pump is made by local entrepreneurs in their own local workshop with local available materials and cost between 50 and 150 USD.

• Video #14: Small water tank with rope pump - Small water tank with rope pump enables people in Tanzania to farm vegetables, banana, avocado and keep fish, chicken, cows. With a total investment of about 200 US$, this farmer raised his living standard exponential.

• Video #15: Tulip water Filter. How it works.

• Video #16: Supply chain for rope pumps - Rope pumps and manual drilled boreholes are made 100% with materials and by local people/companies. The video shows a drilling company preparing piston ropes for the rope pump.

• Video #17: Rope pump in Tanzania - Rope pumps are being used for many years for example in the region Njombe, Tanzania. These pumps are localy produced and sold for 50 to 150 USD. The video shows rope pumps installed in 2006. SHIPO trains local technician is low cost technologies like these.

• Video #18: Borehole drilling manual Baptist method. Manual drilling of boreholes with the baptist method in Tanzania, Njombe. Training by mr. Henk Holtsalg at SHIPO Smart Training center for low cost water and sanitation solutions.