Saturday, April 5, 2008

Introducing the merry-go-round water pump


Why are these kids - crowded on a merry-go-round - smiling in front of the beaming bread tower?

They are using a fun alternative to fetching the sometimes polluted water in the stream miles away. By spinning the playground apparatus, water is being pumped up from the water table!

Great ideas like these ought to make us all smile.

1 comment:

"alex" said...

nice post!

necessity breeds innovation!

Here's a related idea, and a site that showcases african innovation. I tried going to playpumps.org but site seems to be down

Great stuff! It's amazing what man is capable of doing, even with very little.