by Rik Haanen | Jan 20, 2022 | Highlights
Position: Manager Location: Chipata Background Eastern Manual Drilling Co-operative (EMD) is founded in 2018 and has 26 members. EMD is drilling boreholes manually and installs pumps. In the last 3 years more than 400 boreholes were drilled and 70.000 people...
by Rik Haanen | Dec 6, 2021 | Highlights
After six months of hard work, the water entrepreneurs in Petauke have been trained and are now ready to drill boreholes and install pumps independently without supervision. The tools for manual drilling and the rope pumps are supplied by the trained welders and...
by Rik Haanen | Nov 9, 2021 | Highlights
Every now and then we are asked why trainers come from “far”. And by “far” we mean the Netherlands, USA, Tanzania and Malawi, among others. The reason for this is simple: we first need to train local trainers and they must have sufficient experience. When we started...
by Rik Haanen | Oct 5, 2021 | Highlights
Covid-19 restricted our training programmes, but risks have reduced and we are allowed to train again. Just in time for the Jacana SMART Centre in Petauke to kick-off. Over the past two months, a lot of hard work has gone into providing the office in Petauke (which is...
by Rik Haanen | Sep 6, 2021 | Highlights
See an article about Jacana SMART Centres in a Dutch printed paper. Read the digital copy here. Jacana will also be on Dutch national television once again NPO 2 on 24 October 2021around...
by Rik Haanen | Aug 30, 2021 | Highlights
This is our contribution to Stockholm World Water Week. The session was about Self-supply and water security for all so allow me to I start with a statement. Can we provide 50% of the SDG6 target group with family owned water supply; without spending more than...
