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Objectives of the project sin ce 1991 Afridev pump Inter Aide and Baseda begun the maintenance projects in 1991 as part of WASH projects. In 2008 the Maintenance Projects became independent. Our objectives are: To improve health and sanitary living conditions of vulnerable rural families, To increase access to maintenance services of water points, To increase protected water points’ functionality rate.

Main activities We act at 2 levels: To insure the maintenance of Afridev and Malda pump in the villages thanks to a network of Area Mechanics: This Area Mechanics are trained and equipped, Malda pump Malda They are independent workers but practice reasonable prices for communities, We insure a monthly follow up of their work in order to support them and to develop and evaluate the activities in the district,

We work with officials and communities to inform them on existing services for maintenance. To improve the availability of spare parts thanks to a network of partners shops: Selling points are selected and trained on pump maintenance, hygiene and stock management, We organize the spare parts supply system We monitor the sales

Geographical situation The maintenance We target other 6 projects are operational districts before 2012: in 5 districts in Malawi: , , ,

Lilongwe district, ,

Mchinji district, , , , . ,

The network is now composed of: 149 Area Mechanics, 85 Partner shops,

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Maintenance System Project Dowa, Mchinji, Salima and Kasungu districts

Composition of the team Maintenance services Baseda is the local partner of Inter Aide. They lead The Area Mechanics can propose to the the maintenance projects in district and community 3 kinds of contracts: Zomba district. Repair contract in case of break down, Inter Aide leads the project in Dowa, Mchinji and Preventive maintenance contract for one Salima district. We will soon open it in Kasungu year and Ntchisi district. Community Based Maintenance training Our team is composed of 5 persons: They charge between 800 and 1 500 MK depending on the type of the intervention. The community have to provide the spare parts for the repair.

Prices for AFRIDEV Prices to spare parts community Bobbin 88 Bolt and nut (10x35) 70 Bolt and nut (12x40) 70 Bush bearing 188 Cup seal 100 Cylinder naked 7,300 Double end socket 235 Fishing tool 1,222 Flat spanner 270 Hook for foot valve 500 Fulcrum pin 1,295 Shop Management Hanger assembly 1,492 In order to be affordable to the communities, Hanger pin 998 the prices of spare parts are also fixed by the O-ring 47 project: Plunger body plastic 820 Plunger body brass 1,500 Prices for MALDA Prices to Pump handle 6,873 spare parts community Pump head 9,546 Handle rod 920 Pump head cover 2,526 Handle sleeve 3,950 Pump pedestal 9,165 Pipe coupling (Socket) 360 PVC raising main pipe 1,510 Foot valve (Body) 1,180 Rod centraliser 135 Plunger adaptor 580 Rod galvanized 1,290 Rod Coupling 380 Rod stainless steel 3,348 1 m Rod 1,700 Rod plunger stainless steel 1,833 2 m Rod 2,160 Rope 1,800 Guide bush (Main bush) 1,050 Socket spanner 1,222 Plunger seal 380 Solvent cement(100ml) 240 Return ring 360 Solvent cement(200ml) 410 0-ring 270 Suction pipe 1,400 Shock absorber 680 U-seal 58

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Maintenance System Project Dowa, Mchinji, Salima and Kasungu districts

Comparison of the results in the 3 districts These charts present the number of contracts and the sales of spare parts in the districts of Dowa, Mchinji and Salima since January 2009. As we begun to train Area Mechanics in the south of Kasungu district (Santhe) some contracts begun in Kasungu from October 2009.

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DOWA MCHINJI SALIMA KASUNGU

Inter aide – Maintenance System Project -  : + (265) 09 95 457 868 -  : [email protected] Since April 2008

In partnership with the water department, we implemented the project in Mchinji District in April 2008. Now, the network is composed of:

19 Area Mechanics

6 partners shops Kaigwasanga Bua Matutu Waliranji Mikundi Chiosya

4 Chipiku stores: Mchinji Kamwendo Mkanda Kapiri

The Area Mechanics have done more than 525 repairs since the Main spare parts sold Total opening of the project in Mchinji district and the shops have sold A_Bobbin 57 more than 1025 U-seal: A_Bush bearing 469 A_Cup seal 91 Number of contracts of repair done in Mchinji district A_Cylinder naked 12 60 A_Double end socket 116 50 A_Fulcrum pin 87 A_Hanger pin 21 40 A_O-ring 93

Nb of contracts of Nb 30 A_Plunger body brass 24 A_Plunger body plastic 116 20 A_PVC raising main pipe 20 A_Rod centraliser 651 10 A_Rod galvanized 170 0 A_Rod plunger stainless steel 7 9 9 8 8 9 9 0 0 A_Rod stainless steel 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2008 0 0 2 2 r 2 2 r r 2 y e ry h ly 2009 e e A_Solvent cement(100ml) 126 a b a u b rch 2010 M July 2 u arc May 2009 J m n mb a M em Ma J pte v January 2010 A_Solvent cement(200ml) 23 e o Months September Nove2008 S N A_U-seal 1,025

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Maintenance System Project In Dowa district

Dowa district since June 2008

In partnership with the water department, we implemented the project in Dowa District in June 2008. Now, the network is composed of: 21 Area Mechanics 5 partners shops Mwangala Dzaleka Maweru Lipili Bowe 6 Chipiku stores: Nambuma Lumbadzi Madisi Mponela Mvera Dowa

The Area Mechanics have done more than 919 repairs since the opening of the project in Dowa district and the shops have sold more than 344 U-seal.

Number of contracts of repair done in Dowa district Main spare parts sold Total A_Bobbin 80 90 A_Bush bearing 224 80 A_Cup seal 98 70 A_Double end socket 52 60 A_Fulcrum pin 27 A_Hanger pin 12 50 Nb of contracts of Nb A_O-ring 60 40 A_Plunger body brass 23 30 A_Plunger body plastic 68 20 A_PVC raising main pipe 14 10 A_Rod centraliser 122 A_Rod galvanized 58 0 A_Rod plunger stainless steel 2

08 8 09 9 A_Rod stainless steel 15 0 00 2009 0 00 2 2009 2009 2 2010 2010 t 2008 er t 2009 r A_Solvent cement(100ml) 59 ober 2 uary April June ober 2 uary April ct mb ct mbe Augus O Augus O ce A_Solvent cement(200ml) 48 ece Febr Febr Months D De A_U-seal 344

Inter aide – Maintenance System Project -  : + (265) 09 95 457 868 -  : [email protected] Salima district Since December 2008

In partnership with the water department, we implemented the project in Salima District in December 2008. Now, the network is composed of:

28 Area Mechanics

7 partners shops Lifidzi Makionu Maweru Ngodzi Salima Sengabay Siyasiya

2 Chipiku stores: Benga Mvera

The Area Mechanics have done more than 1026 repairs since the Main spare parts sold Total opening of the project in Salima district and the shops have sold A_Bobbin 262 more than 1368 U-seal: A_Bush bearing 643 Number of contracts of repair done in Salima district A_Cup seal 135 A_Cylinder naked 9 100 A_Double end socket 200 90 A_Fulcrum pin 58 80 A_Hanger pin 25 70 A_O-ring 194 60

Nb of contracts of Nb 50 A_Plunger body brass 29 40 A_Plunger body plastic 178 30 A_PVC raising main pipe 108 20 A_Rod centraliser 500 10 A_Rod galvanized 213 0 A_Rod plunger stainless steel 9 8 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 08 0 0 09 0 0 10 10 1 1 1 A_Rod stainless steel 36 0 0 009 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 200 2 2009 2 2009 2 2 t 2 r 20 2009 r r l 20 ly 2008 s e y h ril ly er ry 2 ry ri y u u rc u b be a a p a A_Solvent cement(100ml) 154 J mb uar Ap May une 2 J m u A M ug e n J to e r A c a Ma August 2009 v March 20 e J ptembeOc Janu eb A_Solvent cement(200ml) 93 D February 2009 e No December 2009F Months S A_U-seal 1,368

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