Hand Pump Repair
Millions of people in the developing world rely on wells with simple hand pumps for their families’ daily drinking water supply. However, in many places these wells are in disrepair. They have been drilled without village ownership and there is a lack of qualified people trained in maintenance and pump repair. There is also a shortage of tools and spare parts. In most countries, hand pump repair training programs are not readily available for nationals. As these pumps become inoperative over time, people have returned to unsafe, traditional water sources, taking a step back toward disease and death.

Lifewater reverses this trend by training nationals to restore wells to service. Our program provides the tools and know-how for nationals to rehabilitate and repair broken pumps, while involving the community in taking ownership of the water supply.

Where water wells are already drilled, this is the most cost-effective means to providing a community with clean, safe water for a lifetime.