Play Pump - Another Simple Answer to Drinking Water Shortages

When play does work and so much more... Sometimes, its really the simple, elegant ideas that make the most difference. Enter the Play Pump:

A life-changing and life-saving invention – the PlayPump® water system -- can provide easy access to clean drinking water, bring joy to children, and lead to improvements in health, education, gender equality, and economic development.

The PlayPump systems are innovative, sustainable, patented water pumps powered by children at play. Installed near schools, the PlayPump system doubles as a water pump and a merry-go-round for children.

[Play Pumps Official Site]

[See also : Watercone - Simple Answer to Drinking Water Shortage in Poor Areas of the World]