How the PlayPump® Works

The PlayPump® is a simple idea with a life-changing impact: children’s play is transformed into clean, safe water for their schools and communities.

Step 1:
Power of Play

The PlayPump is a specifically designed roundabout (1)

Step 2: Pumping from Underground

that drives a conventional borehole pump (2)

Step 3: Storing Clean Water

As the children spin, water is pumped from underground (3)

Step 4: Easy Access for Families

into a storage tank (4)

Step 5:
Smart Sustainability

A simple tap provides easy access for people drawing water (5)

Step 6: Awareness & Community Support

A simple tap provides easy access for people drawing water (5)

Four billboards (7) screen the tank to create a unique advertising or messaging opportunity. The advertising revenue generated by these billboards contributes toward ongoing maintenance and sustainability of sites.

Maintenance Trip

Maintenance Trips Site LP 007 in Limpopo Province, Seshigo Primary School. This site was originally installed on 2000, so is now over 25 years old and still supplying clean water…

Maintenance of Lesotho PlayPumps 2021

Maintenance of Lesotho PlayPumps 2021

We recently visited Lesotho and maintained 22 of our PlayPumps there, thanks to generous donations from donors. These PlayPumps were installed in 2009 and 2010 and are still needed by…

New PlayPumps & Maintenance 2020

New PlayPumps & Maintenance 2020

COVID 19 has made it even more imperative that we install new PlayPumps and maintain our existing 900+ PlayPumps. Just before lockdown we maintained 8 PlayPumps in Limpopo, North West…