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Quality$&$Durability$
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!  Maintenance#free(design(
! 
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living)in)high)water)stress)areas.)
!  Appropriate(intermediate(
technology(for(many(
undeveloped(communi:es(
!  42,000(Hippo(Rollers(
distributed(to(date(
!  300,000(direct(beneficiaries(((
@(7(x(members(per(household(
!  Distributed(in(South(Africa(and(
20(other(African(countries(
InternaBonal$RecogniBon$
Nelson$Mandela)
“A!personal!appeal!is!made!to!your!
organiza4on!to!ac4vely!support!a!na4onal!
project!which!will!posi4vely!change!the!lives!
of!millions!of!our!fellow!South!Africans.”(
UNEWorld$Food$Program$
“The!introduc4on!of!Hippo!rollers!in!WFP!
supported!primary!schools!significantly!
reduced!the!daily!burden!on!women!and!
children!…(
CNN$World$News)
“With!the!financial!assistance!of!others,!
there’s!now!the!real!possibility!that!a!
burden!carried!for!so!long!can!be!set!aside!
forever.”$$
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Impact$Assessment$
A$recent$impact$assessment$conducted$
by$the$South$African$Government$
concluded$that:$
The(Hippo(Water(Roller(is(an(appropriate(
technology(to(improve(access(to(water(and(
recommended(further(rollout(in(rural(and(
water#stressed(areas(across(the(country.)
"Hippo)Water)Rollers)were)well)accepted)
by)all)the)beneficiaries.)It)is)indeed)an)
appropriate)innova;ve)technology)for)
most)rural)areas)…)thus,)there)is)a)need)to)
supply)more)Hippo)Water)Rollers.”)
HIPPO WATER ROLLER
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
REPORT (Eastern Cape)
Chief Directorate:
Technology Research and
Development
Sub-Directorate: Rural
Technology and Innovation
Date: 29 October 2012
Copy available on request …
Social$Responsibility$
Helping!communi4es!improve!access!to!water!with!Hippo!Water!Rollers!is!a!proven!
way!to!fulfill!social!responsibility!objec4ves:!
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!  Individuals$&$Bequests$
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Become$a$Partner$
PARTNER(with(us(and(make(a(difference(
by(helping(these(impoverished(
communi:es(improve(access(to(water(for(
immediate(benefits(and(tangible(results.(
THE$NEED$E$There(are(a(growing(number(
of(communi:es(that(do(not(have(
sufficient(access(to(water(and(struggle(on(
a(daily(basis.(
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could(be(added(to(the(screw(cap(of(the(
Hippo(roller.(The(drum(can(also(be(
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Hippo$Spaza$
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