Changes

WaterAid in Burkina Faso is also currently developing a rope pump model suitable to local conditions. This project has resulted in a renewed understanding across WaterAid of the need to ensure that rope pumps destined for community water supplies require high quality manufacturing and installation techniques in order for them to remain sustainableimprove their sustainability. WaterAid now intends to renew its efforts across the organisation to improving the quality of rope pumps in countries where this is supported. An international skills A training course for manufacturers from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Zambia and knowledge sharing event Malawi was held in early 2010 as part of this process. A recent interesting development in Burkina Faso has been the re-design of the bottom guide box to which all rope include a non-return valve (foot valve) thereby ensuring that water is immediately available from the first turn of the pump supporters and manufacturers will be invited handle. This is currently being considered for 2009piloted on a few pumps.