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BobVila.com Merry-Go-Round That Pumps Water
Development Gateway Foundation
Remarks by First Lady Laura Bush at Pepperdine University Commencement ...
International Finance Corporation
Lawrence's Roundabout Well Appeal
Motley Fool – May 2, 2007
National Council of Churches of Christ
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
PlayPumps in the News
Broadcast Reports:
- CNN's The Spirit of Giving
PlayPump® water systems and PlayPumps International are featured in CNN Europe's fascinating piece on how sharing helps in communities throughout the world. Click the video player to see PlayPump water systems in action.
- NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News and MSNBC feature PlayPump water systems in their "Making a Difference" segment. The video features the water pumps in action, along with efforts by U.S. school children to help raise funds and build awareness for the water pumps.
- National Geographic Weekend Radio (MP3 file, 4.58MB)
National Geographic Weekend--a weekly two-hour radio program featured on Salem Communication stations--features this segment on the PlayPump water system. Host Boyd Matson interviews Jean Case from the Case Foundation about the water pumps and PlayPumps International’s goal of installing more than 4,000 pumps in sub-Saharan Africa by 2010.
- A Playful Way to Bring Water Closer
American Public Media's recent report on public radio spotlighted the positive effects of PlayPump® water systems. Marketplace reporter Gretchen Wilson visited a water pump in Boikarebelo. Visit their website to read transcripts, view a photo album, or listen to the report.
- The Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life
thinkMTV's documentary follows music artist Jay-Z as he visits children in Angola and South Africa to raise awareness about the world’s water crisis. In South Africa, Jay-Z visits a rural community to the see the benefits of the PlayPump system firsthand.
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- Roundabout South African Airways
Hear one woman tell how the PlayPump system has improved her life.
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- Kaelo “Miracle Stories"
Roundabout Outdoor was profiled on this popular South African television series in a segment sponsored by the Telkom Foundation
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PlayPumps News Online:
- AllAfrica.com
US Congress Examines Drinking Water Crisis
- AOL UK
Billion 'don't have clean water'
- BusinessAfrica
"Anheuser-Busch assists water crisis in Africa"
- Clinton Global Conference Begins in NYC
Associated Press (September 20, 2006)
- CSRWire
"'100 Pumps in 100 Days' Campaign to Launch on World Water Day
- IC WALES
"One for All"
- IFC Online
PlayPumps International expands to Mozambique and Swaziland
- MSNBC
Charity makes waves with Web word of mouth
- MTV News
Jay-Z Teams With U.N., MTV to Bring Attention to World's Water Crisis
- Sky News
"The Need for More Water"
- World Bank
Roundabout Outdoor won the prestigious World Bank Marketplace Development Award in 2000
Print News Stories:
- "Students recreate African struggle"
Banbury Guardian, January 2007
- "Sixth-graders to take a run at providing Africans clean water"
The Dallas Morning News, May 17, 2007
- "Water pump is child's play"
HERALD Sun (Melbourne, Australia), March 23, 2007
- "Gaining ground against poverty: From Africa, three innovative solutions"
Sojourners Magazine, February 2006
- "Water Goes Full Circle"
The Herald (Glasgow), July 2, 2005
- "The Elephant and the Chili Pepper"
New York Times editorial, December 24, 2003
- "Collecting Water is Child’s Play"
Mail & Guardian Online (South Africa), November 6, 2003