Kids play, villages get clean water.

That's really awesome. Definitely going to help with the disease problem over there. Props tho whoever thought it up, and whoever's funding it! =D
 
I suppose this is actually better than a simple hand pump, because it could probably extract water faster. Props.
 
What happens when the kids get bored of the thing.

Or guerrilla African raiders destroy it.

Or the well dries up.

</cynicism >
 
That's pretty great, and almost makes me wish there had been one in our playground back in school. Then I realise we would have just dug up the air raid shelter or something.

Also, lol @
The water tastes good.
"Drinkable!"
 
Wait a goddamn minute.

This just begs the question: "why didn't people use a capstan?
 
because capstans=labor, merry go rounds=fun

it' basically a capstan merry go round
 
Sure, but you wonder why nobody thought of using manual labour before. :p
Maybe they're too busy manual-labouring at other things, maybe I missed something in the video. But one presumes that the women spend enough time walking to and fro rivers that they could give it up and get to capstanning instead. Anyway, it's still a good idea.
 
Perhaps you don't understand American mannerisms, Sulk, but it's the way he says "drinkable" that implies it probably tastes sorta good. Not the lowest possible intention of "drinkable" as you dry british would think!
 
SMILES AREN'T EDIBLE.

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Wait a goddamn minute.

This just begs the question: "why didn't people use a capstan?

Sure, but you wonder why nobody thought of using manual labour before. :p
Maybe they're too busy manual-labouring at other things, maybe I missed something in the video. But one presumes that the women spend enough time walking to and fro rivers that they could give it up and get to capstanning instead. Anyway, it's still a good idea.

The video says that they didn't have the resources to dig the well in the first place - also, if they're manually filling jugs from a river for water, I'm guessing they didn't know about using a machine like that.
 
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