World Cup in South Africa.  Football fever worldwide.  At Water For All we enjoyed the games, the excitement and even the vuvuzelas reverberating around the country.  And in the midst of it all, we celebrated the opening of a new Sun Pump, a legacy gift of the 2010 International Coca-Cola Football Camp.

As part The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation's "Replenish Africa Initiative" (RAIN), a Water For All Sun Pump was donated to Badirile Village, Gauteng Province (near Randfontein).  Students from the nearby Ithuteng Secondary School were selected by the company to attend the football camp along with more than 225 young, aspiring football players from 19 countries.

About 50km west of Johannesburg, an estimated 2,000 people live Badirile and a nearby informal settlement.  Local resident Lonia Makwena said, "I am very happy. Before this pump was provided we were fetching water from almost three kilometres away. We had to cross the busy main road which was dangerous. This is a community project now and we will be organizing the community to clean the area near the pump once a week."

The Sun Pump is powered by three solar panels and comes with a tap stand, two taps, tank, and tank stand.  The pump produces approximately 2,100 litres of clean drinking water per hour, which provides 13-15,000 litres per day depending on the time of year.  Given the strong yield of the borehole, a 5,000 litre tank was donated so that excess water can be captured for use in the evening hours.

Coca-Cola South Africa and Water For All have been working together since 2008 to help deliver clean drinking water to schools and communities in South Africa.  In addition to donating the pump, two area residents nominated by the community were equipped and trained by Water For All to be "Pump Minders."  The Pump Minders will use starter toolkits to perform minor repairs, such as fixing leaky taps, as needed.

    
"The legacy of the pump will be the hours saved with a reliable water source, and the fresh clean drinking water which will make for healthier families for years to come," said Jill Rademacher, President of Water For All.