Projects & Progress
A young child drinks from a well in Malawi. (Source: Water for People)
Malawi: Chikhwawa
Makhwira, Kasisi and Maseya
The Project
In 2010, Water For People-Malawi will work with its local partners to provide comprehensive clean water, sanitation
and hygiene promotion programs to twenty villages and 5 schools within the Traditional Authorities
(TAs) of Makhwira, Kasisi and Maseya, in Chikhwawa, Malawi.
To address their water needs, the 20 villages will receive borehole wells fitted with AfriDev Handpumps.
The schools will receive PlayPumps, a novel solution
for pumping water that encourages children to help pump water through play.
Additionally, each school will be enrolled in the first stage of Water for People's sanitation program, where they will each receive
arbor-loos. Not only
does this type of solution improve the sanitary conditions of the school, but it also helps allay children's well-founded
fears of traditional latrines.
All schools and communities will benefit from hygiene education programs, and Sanitation as a Business will also take place
in these villages—this includes the use of sanitation entrepreneurs who promote composting latrines and the training of
of "circuit riders" (i.e., mobile mechanics) to help provide an economic alternative to maintenance for communities and schools.
This project will benefit an estimated 5,000 people per year.
Click here to read more on Water for People's website
about this specific set of projects in the Chikhwawa region of Malawi.
Progress Updates
Monday, March 8th, 2010
Posted by David Fuelling
Some Photos from Malawi courtesy of Water for People. Click each photo for credits and sources.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Posted by David Fuelling
3for5 Grants $10,000 to Water for People for Projects in Malawi
The 3for5 Foundation is proud to announce that it has made its first clean-water grant in the amount of $10,000 to
Water for People. (Read more)
Learn More about PlayPumps
Watch a video below and learn more about how PlayPumps are helping provide comprehensive water solutions in Malawi.