WATER4KIDS project launched in the past months by SIVA4KIDS has brought motivation and led to very good results: almost one year after the first incident, the water pumps have been repaired and the water could reach again the small village of Lowoe in the region of Lome, Togo.

Background information
Lowoe has a population of approximately 2,000 inhabitants. In 1986 the village received help from the Corporation Togo-Japan, which has built through the years two water pumps in the village to provide all inhabitants with clean drinkable water.
In the last part of 2008, both water pumps broke down due to the fact that roots of some near trees obstructed the tubes under the ground. Therefore, the water could not flow anymore and the water pumps were malfunctioning.

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Objective
At the beginning of this year, SIVA4KIDS focused on the repair of those water pumps to allow the children of the local school and all the inhabitants of this village to have access to such precious resource: WATER.
The related project WATER4KIDS had the objective to repair the pumps and set up a structured maintenance and control system that could give longer life to this essential machine.
For this project, our foundation could rely on the support of Emma Sokaty, local contact involved in the communication with the Community, the Corporation Togo-Japan and ECM, the local supplier of replacement parts for these pumps (Vergnet Hydropump HPV 100).
The Community is involved with some periodical transfers to a common bank account in which all the money is saved for preventative maintenance in the future.

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Action
SIVA4KIDS started working on several fronts to gather more information and confirm the reliability of this. The actions coordinated by Emmanuel (Market Development S4K) and Emma could already some results: the Community has taken active part to re-asset the fundraising system, the Corporation Togo-Japan intervened to repair the pumps with the help of the villagers, ECM has communicated with an official invoice all the prices of the replacement parts (confirmed by Vergnet at the HQ).

Current situation
As of today, the water is back in the village of Lowoe and all the inhabitants could benefit. Water is not 100% clean since there are still present some particles of mud that affect the purity of the water.
The local Community is thankful to our foundation that initiated this project and motivated all the different players to act in the same direction. The final goal of this mission is partly accomplished.
SIVA4KIDS will have a close look at this project to verify how to cleanse the water that comes from these pumps.

SIVA4KIDS wants to thank all the people involved in this ambitious and important project: water is source of life and children cannot live without.