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A handpump for Africa: the Afridev experience
01.04.1993
The Afridev pump is the result of a design and development process that began twenty years ago. It is now being manufactured in many different countries to a standard design, and the possibilities of local manufacture are being explored. -
Community management of rural water supplies
01.01.1994
Water supply works have been dominated in the recent past by construction targets. A new emphasis on community management will lead to sustainable water supplies. -
Buying into rural water supply
01.04.1996
During Ethiopia's long civil war, NGO intervention was limited to emergency relief. Now, agencies are helping to provide water supplies to a largely unserved rural population. Is sustainability impossible without community ownership? And what scope is there for building more productive relationships between NGOs and government?