The preventive maintenance strategy

1. Sensitizing communities to maintenanceTraining water points’ committees

1. Sensitizing communities to maintenanceTraining water points’ committees

2. Creating a network of pump officers

Network of pump officers

1 Hand Pump Mechanics:

≈ in average 50 Hand Pumps to supervise at chiefdom level

1 Hand Pump Mechanics:

≈ in average 50 Hand Pumps to supervise at chiefdom level

Strategy of preventive maintenance:

The PM comes every year to diagnose

First repair:Communities decide to invest to renovate their pump (Inter Aide helps by paying costs for parts more expensive than 100 000 Le) and call PM

3. Allowing access to spare parts = identifying suppliers

4. Linking with water directorate

4. Linking with water directorate

In brief…

• Promotion of regular check-up of the pumps to prevent breakdowns

• Promotion of proactive contribution by the communities to reach a determined amount for maintenance