WATER WHEELS IN TANZANIA
Our latest international project
We are currently embarking on a major new project spearheaded by Midhurst and Petworth Rotary Club. They are supporting the distribution of Water Wheels in Tanzania, to help villagers bring water to the village in a much more efficient and practical way.
What are water wheels? Well, imagine an office water dispenser, made of stronger plastic, turned on its side, and having a handle added so that it can be pulled along the ground efficiently carrying a large amount of water. This is the type of task the women in the village can do while looking after babies and, an important point, it stops children carrying heavy buckets on their heads or shoulders and frees them up to go to school.The first project is with a village in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, where currently the children are having to walk five miles to the nearest water hole. We hope to deliver the first water wheels later on this year.
From an environmental perspective, local plastic recycling facilities are not available and, what's more, because they are carrying water for drinking they have to be made from virgin material. However, we expect the waterwheels to have a life of around ten years and after that they can be recycled into other uses, like planters, water containers, sinks etc. As importantly is the fact that it will free up children to have a proper education.
It's a very interesting project. The local Rotary Club is managing the delivery in Tanzania and Midhurst and Petworth RC is managing the project in general and coordinating the funding - another example of Rotary clubs coordinating on an international basis.
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