by Rik Haanen | Aug 28, 2020 | Highlights
You can imagine that the equipment for borehole siting (Vertical Electric Sounding or VES) has been used intensively in recent months. Not only within our own province for the clinics, but even beyond on a two day drive from Lundazi, 10 sites have been measured....
by Rik Haanen | Jul 7, 2020 | Highlights
Thanks to your generous donations, the total amount of water for health centres in the Eastern Province has been raised and is doubled by Wilde Ganzen. We visited and checked all 70 health centres who said they needed water, 34 health centres met Jacana’s...
by Rik Haanen | May 6, 2020 | Highlights
The fact that most hospitals in Zambia do not have respirators is terrible at this time. But the fact that more than 10% of the health centres in Eastern Zambia, an area the size the Netherlands, has no water to wash hands, is a disaster. If not addressed, these...
by Rik Haanen | Mar 30, 2020 | Highlights
Situation in Zambia Unfortunately, the first people in Zambia tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. All kinds of measures have been announced by the President, one of them is washing hands and keeping a distance. This will be quite a challenge for Zambian people....
by Rik Haanen | Jan 19, 2020 | Highlights
All part are worldwide available in common hardware shops and shops that sell car parts. Cost about $100 including solar panel. The pump is ideal for very narrow tube wells, starting at 2″ (50mm) casing and bigger. Suitable for wells that...
by Rik Haanen | Nov 2, 2019 | Highlights
This month Eastern Manual Drilling (EMD, trained by Jacana SMART Centre Zambia) celebrates its first year of existence and what a year it was: EMD drilled 148 boreholes and provided almost 10,000 people with affordable access to water. EMD now buys pipes in bulk. Last...
