{"id":2181,"date":"2021-06-25T11:29:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T11:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roundaboutwatersolutions.org.za\/2021\/06\/25\/maintenance-of-lesotho-playpumps-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-06-25T11:29:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T11:29:49","slug":"maintenance-of-lesotho-playpumps-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/index.php\/2021\/06\/25\/maintenance-of-lesotho-playpumps-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintenance of Lesotho PlayPumps 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently visited Lesotho and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MAS24-Sekantshing-Ha-Mosalla-58-e1624617717649.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1829\" src=\"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MAS24-Sekantshing-Ha-Mosalla-58-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"1829\"><\/a> maintained 22 of our PlayPumps there, thanks to generous donations from donors.<\/p>\n<p>These PlayPumps were installed in 2009 and 2010 and are still needed by the local communities because of the lack of reliable running water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When the team arrived the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MAS24-Sekantshing-Ha-Mosalla-55.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1828 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MAS24-Sekantshing-Ha-Mosalla-55-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"1828\"><\/a> children were nearly always playing on the PlayPumps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MAS17-Ha-Liile-Village-33-e1624619359257.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1827 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/playpumps.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MAS17-Ha-Liile-Village-33-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"196\" data-id=\"1827\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The local children found the maintenance team provided great entertainment while they replaced cylinders, columns, rods, repaired taps and mended the soil crete under the PlayPump heads.<\/p>\n<p>We have also continued to maintain our PlayPumps in South Africa, having recently visited KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape and are about to go to Limpopo and Mpumalanga.<\/p>\n<p>We ask for your support in continuing to keep our PlayPumps working and providing much needed water<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently visited Lesotho and maintained 22 of our PlayPumps there, thanks to generous donations from donors. 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