Ethical Goods
Published on Jun 12, 2008
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A short video on the Elephant Toilet, Pump Aid’s award-winning solution to the global sanitation crisis.
See www.pumpaid.org for more information
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Nonprofits & Activism
Pump Aid’s Elephant Pump was developed and tested in Zimbabwe by Pump Aid and is based on a 2000 year old Chinese rope-and-washer design. It is cheap, simple and durable. It can be easily constructed from materials available locally and can be maintained by local communities. In this clip there is a 3-D animation of the pump, showing it’s inner workings during operation. For more information, visit www.pumpaid.org
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