1. Pump for Life A subscription based water point maintenance service
Alphonsina Kanyeto - Project Manager
Affiliation de l’intervenant = organisation que l’intervenant représente

2. MSABI - Maji Safi kwa Afya Bora Ifakara
Tanzanian non-profit organisation
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programs
Develops and tests new WASH business models
Team of 60 people

3. Context and problem: Low water access, Tanzania
Rural and peri-urban setting
53% of rural population has no access to safe water
Almost 50% water points are broken
9% of mortality under 5 is caused by diarrhoea
Sources: Ministry of Water - Water Aid – WHO
Guarantee long term sustainability and reliability of water access

4. Solution: Pump for Life
“A subscription based water point maintenance service”
Regular and affordable subscription premiums
Network of mechanics
Proactive and reactive maintenance
Data driven business model optimization
Communities/schools/private owners are the target group

5. Results and Impact - Water Points
190
Water Points 48
Schools
40,000
Clients

6. Results and Impact - Maintenance14
Mechanics
5864
Total visits
520
Spares replaced

7. Results and Impact - Functionality
Water point functionality:
98 %
Pump for Life
60 %
Other
Water point repair time:
Pump for Life
Other

8. Results and Impact - Data systems
Near time data from almost 6000 maintenance visits
Example: required spare part replacements
Top 5 parts replaced
Piston rope: 41%
Paint: 14%
PVC bush handle: 10%
Elbow: 8%
Handle: 6%

9. Results and Impact - Data systems
Near time data from almost 6000 maintenance visits
Example: spare part impact on costs
Top 5 parts impacting cost
Piston rope: 74%
Handle: 9%
Guideblock: 4%
Wheel: 3%
Paint: 2%

10. Discussion, lessons learned
Slow growth/ progress:
Cost efficiency
Sustainability
Innovative concept
But we believe in the potential, combining:
Professional and comfortable services
Data to constantly improve
Scaling to new technologies/ applications such as “water for food”
Community mind set issues eg. History,location, dision to start with low premium, businness model desion-research or tesr vs sustainability- due to grants
Clients are not always seeing value in paying “monthly” if the pump is not broken
We need to be patient (project has many components to optimize)

11. Future Plans Expand to new technologies (solar pumps)
To improve our advanced ICT platform
Assessment of new areas
New areas-feasibility study

12. Pump for Life
Thank you for listening! Alphonsina Kanyeto -