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Resources Center Manufactures Parts for Hand Pump Maintenance in Kornaka West ADP in Niger

World Vision created a resource center for hand pump maintenance in 2011 to overcome the recurring spare parts accessibility problem in Dan Goulbi municipality located in Kornaka West ADP. Today the center has repair artisans organized in network that work in collaboration with the municipality.

The resource center opened in 2011 with a management committee formed and trained for an effective management. The Management Committee is composed of six members, including a chairman, a treasurer, a secretary general, a manager and two commissioners elected democratically by the community.

Only the manager receives a bonus of 10% of the earnings, and the remaining members are volunteers. This committee functions under the authority of the municipal council. The committee currently has a bank balance of 871,296 CFA.

“We are very proud of the management system put in place in the resource center, we feel more responsible and helpful. We believe other municipalities can learn a lot from us,” says Mallam Koini DJika is the resource center manager responsible for selling spare parts.

Since the opening the resource center to date there has been a significant decrease in hand pump break down and in spare parts purchase.

In the past, we had travel long distances, 107 km to Maradi or 357 km to Zinder to buy one or more parts for a pump. Subsequently the period of repaired was very long too, leaving community members waiting for weeks and months.

Our local resource center ensures the functionality of our hand pumps in a sustainable way thereby making continuous safe water supply in our communities.

“On behalf of the whole community of Dan Goulbi I want to say thanks for World Vision Niger for providing the resource center and for helping us with tools for its effective management.”

Makaou Garba, WASH facilitator