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[@bigmike4569]

Thats just awesome! Im glad we still have decent ppl to do things like this!

[@HunterMann]

Great concept and as sincere as their objective is, many have questioned this being borderline child labor, especially that it can take 24 hours to fill the local tank each day. I just watched a 3-year follow-up on this project on PBS Frontline/World program. I hope that Trevor Field will post a video to answer the many questions about why this project is not 100% successful.

[@hailstorm1375]

what an amazing idea!

[@solutionsplease]

thank you play pump! Creative for human kind

[@trivuong]

Amazing kid can play around all day and can help too.

[@Spiralworm]

This is not a good idea, It's a brilliant idea. I am still floored by the creativity and enginuity of the designers. I know how it feels to have to walk a long distance to get water for ur daily needs and it sucks. Sometimes the largest volume of water u can carry is never enough to do what you want and u have to go back with the big old bucket. I never enjoyed doing it but now that I'm older i realize it was some of the best times of my life.

[@RideTheRapid]

awesome

[@coincorporations]

perfeito

[@YuDanny8]

It was a genius idea, but once the pump break, it takes 3 months to repair. They needed maintenance on this stuff. Lots of places in Africa with these pump installed aren't producing any water anymore. They just installed a whole bunch of these pump without properly testing the site for the amount of water and water quality too.

[@bmarkrussel]

yeah

[@tonypata]

Thank you for setting sinistral straight I could't have said it better.

[@sigiXmund]

first time i heard for this pumps was in movie 'Flow for love of water'. Must see movie.

[@adolfarrakahane]

purpose built= efficiency- lower cost gimmick built = inefficiency higher maintenance and cost

[@Tallacus]

genius idea

[@rileymakin3109]

Homework

[@ScamallDorcha]

4:06 , faster kid, faster!

[@Maia22]

SinistraEbb - EVERYONE deserves a good quality of life. Yes the worlds resources are taxed due to the climbing global population but people are not going to stop populating so whats more important is reducing our ecological footprint. THAT will help to reduce long-term consequences on our world. Playpump is not "encouraging" large populations it's giving humans a better quality of life.

[@dafttool]

Innovative solution to an ages old problem.

[@crneroses]

that woman is a beatiful angel come to help.

[@SSShino]

smart

[@SmilingNinja]

well given that as societies develop birth rates tend to decrease largely in part due to education. a more abundant source of water will lead to more crop development because it's now easier to sustain larger farms because there is more water, so to asnwer your question, more pumps like these make it much easier to sustain larger populations.

[@FairWaterFoundation]

it is not what is seems, with a lot of effort you have just a fraction of a normal pump, besides, after a while kids dont want play anymore and when it breaksdown, often within 6 month, most Playpumps are not repaired and all investment has gone. No wonder Playpumps are now banned in most African countries, people maybe poor, but are not stupid!

[@soundrone]

this is awesome i want one too!!!

[@florentrousselot8270]

Coucou Benjamin

[@samarthblack]

Is there any report on the same. I thought this idea was great and needs to be spread globally.

[@RJavier007]

Was a scam

[@pacman599]

This documantary makes me thirsty.

[@rexcmk]

Is this project feasible in China as well?

[@julioaurelio]

They made the Wheel of Pain from Conan the Barbarian in real life💀

[@MinatoNamikazeSenpai]

thats what i call an idea.. i would be there spining all day if i could, just to help them out.. i hope this idea works out..

[@GunitaSingh]

@buhrrito WORD!

[@user-ym7lr3cq6i]

おもしろw

[@fifilionTV]

やっほぉ〜

[@rorytennes8576]

In the past evolution took care of the people who could not find the clean water. These people who think they are doing something good by helping thirsty people find plain water, or actually not helping

[@rorytennes8576]

LOL something else I just realized. Leave something like that play pump out amongst the people like that. And they will find a way to tear it up just like a bunch of raccoons

[@Maia22]

SinistralEbb - so you're suggesting "don't give this poor people clean water, let them live their lives suffering and sick and that's okay because it keeps our "population in check"? I'll tell you what's sick - you're idea that says not everyone deserves a quality of life.

[@crneroses]

thats the whole point, why else would it be built in this manner? to make labour fun. Stimulation for the children, water for all.

[@skyewalker]

@FairWaterFoundation And what are you doing to help??

[@gochiusa296]

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[@jlehner1]

Your spelling is so bad I cannot determine what your comment was intended to mean.

[@JohnFisherChoir]

turns out this was a complete waste of money

[@pixelgunpro2627]

L

[@SmilingNinja]

so the alternative then is to do nothing at all and let them all die? shit, i thought nazism was out of fashion. as well, we're not encouraging large populations, we're encouraging better standards of living, but you seem to be against that. besides, the world is full of resources, the challenge is to extract them in certain places. i don't see this as taxing our resources further, i see this as extracting resources that would have otherwise unused.