Every hand pump installation will begin with a survey where one of our indigenous field workers will visit the village to assess the need and the local environment, water may be several hundred feet from the surface and accessed by boring through earth or rock.
To ensure the wisest use of available funding, it is necessary to rank installations to ensure that the most needy situations are addressed.
Once a hand pump installation has been approved plans will be made to organise and finance the work.
Below is the early stage of a well being bored using simple equipment, depending upon the environment, there will be a mixture of equipment and methods from hand operated drills to heavy equipment for boring through rock.
