Southern Highlands Participatory Organisation

On 28 Nov until 1 Dec 2011 SHIPO participated in the world wide Rural Water Supply Network conference in Uganda in the exhibition and two presentations.

SHIPO installed a rope pump and demonstrated how to drill a borehole in the garden of the oldest hotel in Uganda (Speke Hotel). Low cost solutions were known to most participants of the conference. But the real live working model and the method of involving the private sector with the commercial sold pumps was a eye-opener for many people. In Tanzania rope pumps are now bought by people direct from local producers (self supply). This was possible after the producers have gained a lot of experience from a sponsored program.

Contacts from the conference are leading slowly to new similar self supply programs in Uganda, Kenya and Soudan (more info: SHIPO Training centre).

In conversations, SHIPO learned about the low cost EMAS pump. At this moment SHIPO is experimenting with it. For more info: EMAS international.
After the conference SHIPO shared experiences with a local hand pump producer in Kampala.

Februari 2012