{"id":1952,"date":"2015-01-27T10:19:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T10:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roundaboutwatersolutions.org.za\/2015\/01\/27\/verkeerdevlei-thank-us-playpump\/"},"modified":"2015-01-27T10:19:56","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T10:19:56","slug":"verkeerdevlei-thank-us-playpump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/index.php\/2015\/01\/27\/verkeerdevlei-thank-us-playpump\/","title":{"rendered":"Verkeerdevlei thank us for their PlayPump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1321\" src=\"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Verkeerdsvlei-PS_00000001-212x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Verkeerdsvlei PS_00000001\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"1321\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pupils at Verkeerdevlei Primary School in the Free State wrote to us<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am a learner of Verkeerdevlei Primary School. \u00a0Our school is in a rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>On morning when I came to school, I realized people are busy working out at our school. \u00a0The principal told us that very kind people are going to build a wheel where we can play and it will pump water. \u00a0I could not understand what exactly she meant. \u00a0Only after two days there was a wheel, a tank and water coming from the tap. \u00a0For the first time I tasted clean water from the borehole.<\/p>\n<p>We were all so happy to know that good people really did something for us as learners. \u00a0The day when they told us to play on the wheel we were so happy. \u00a0Teachers organized us into groups to take turns to play. \u00a0It was so nice to know that while we were playing, clean water is pumped into the tank and we could drink clean water.<\/p>\n<p>My whole life changed, because now we can drink water without fearing that we can get sick, because the water was so clean and clear&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1323\" src=\"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/verkeerdevlei-078-277x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"clean water\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"1323\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pupils at Verkeerdevlei Primary School in the Free State wrote to us &#8220;I am a learner of Verkeerdevlei Primary School. \u00a0Our school is in a rural areas. 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