{"id":2088,"date":"2017-11-28T12:46:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T12:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roundaboutwatersolutions.org.za\/2017\/11\/28\/visit-by-peter-savage-to-his-playpumps-in-november-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-11-28T12:46:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T12:46:34","slug":"visit-by-peter-savage-to-his-playpumps-in-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/index.php\/2017\/11\/28\/visit-by-peter-savage-to-his-playpumps-in-november-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Savage visits PlayPumps 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Savage, who has very generously donated numerous PlayPumps over the years, recently visited 20 of them.\u00a0 These are his comments on his trip.<\/p>\n<p>In November my son, Stephen, and I\u00a0 visited\u00a0 twenty schools in the Northern Cape and Free State.\u00a0 Nearly all were in rural locations and therefore we had a lot of driving, much of it on unmade roads.\u00a0\u00a0 The good news is all the playpumps visited were working and in good order and the thorough maintenance programme of the last year has paid dividends.\u00a0 This was really important because these two regions of South Africa have continued to experience very dry weather.\u00a0\u00a0 Any supplies from public sources were at best infrequent and at worst non existent.\u00a0 So as in previous years,\u00a0 the school pumps not only provided water for the pupils but in many communities they supplemented or replaced other supplies. As such they provided a vital function especially in the very rural areas where many of our pumps are located.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20171121_084655-e1511872755335.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1654\" src=\"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20171121_084655-e1511872755335.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20171121_084655\" width=\"758\" height=\"819\" data-id=\"1654\" \/><\/a>The poor conditions due to low rainfall have spread to many areas previously unaffected by drought.\u00a0 With this difficult backcloth, it always amazes us how happy the children are.\u00a0 They ask for little and sadly expect little but they have a drive to learn&#8230;education remains the escape route from poverty.\u00a0 The water Playpumps provide in schools is a massive incentive to children to spend their days in school.\u00a0 In many schools vegetable netted areas and bigger gardens also help to provide food and nutrition to pupils which adds to their incentive and this of course needs the Playpumps water too.<\/p>\n<p>All the schools are grateful for the funds donated to give them access to water.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Savage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Savage, who has very generously donated numerous PlayPumps over the years, recently visited 20 of them.\u00a0 These are his comments on his trip. 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