{"id":2157,"date":"2019-12-05T10:22:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T10:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roundaboutwatersolutions.org.za\/2019\/12\/05\/maintenance-and-installations\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T10:22:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T10:22:17","slug":"maintenance-and-installations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/index.php\/2019\/12\/05\/maintenance-and-installations\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintenance and installations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/REVK8264.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1769\" src=\"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/REVK8264-300x168-1.jpg\" alt=\"REVK8264\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-id=\"1769\" \/><\/a>We recently installed a PlayPump at Ntsoanatsatsi Edu Care Trust in the Free State\u00a0 The Trust teaches adults to grown vegetables, but also looks after 300 vunerable children.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth Butcher, from Mama&#8217;s Allicance, who bought the Trust&#8217;s water problems to our attention, has told us that after the PlayPump was installed that &#8220;<em>the children cannot get enough of the PlayPump<\/em>&#8221; and what a difference it has made.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/NW0249-LOUWNA-38-1-e1575539160562.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1772 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NW0249-LOUWNA-38-1-300x145-1.jpg\" alt=\"NW0249 LOUWNA 38 (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" data-id=\"1772\" \/><\/a>We also installed a PlayPump at Louwna Primary School in the North West Province.\u00a0 Their electric pump had been broken for two years and they had to go and collect water and pay for it, which they could ill afford.<\/p>\n<p>Maintenance has also been a<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1779\" src=\"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NW0054-24-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"NW0054 (24)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"1779\" \/> major drive this year and in the last couple of months we have maintained over 50 PlayPumps.<\/p>\n<p>Each tank s tand has an SMS number on it for reporting problems with the PlayPumps and schools and communities can phone in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0South Africa is a water scarce country and in rural areas the PlayPump can often been the only source of reliable water.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1777\" src=\"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LP0264-13-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"LP0264 (13)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"1777\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We rely on donations to help us maintain our PlayPumps.\u00a0 The schools and communities rely on the PlayPumps to help them stay healthy and alive.\u00a0 Please consider a donation to help us help these rural and vunerable children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">sandra.hayes@playpumps.co.za\u00a0 : 082 704 0370<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently installed a PlayPump at Ntsoanatsatsi Edu Care Trust in the Free State\u00a0 The Trust teaches adults to grown vegetables, but also looks after 300 vunerable children. 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