Bottom Up Project: WaterAid Uk Flashcards
1
Q
What is intermediate technology?
A
Uses low tech solutions including local materials, Labour and expertise to solve problems.
2
Q
When was water aid created?
A
1981
3
Q
How many people has WaterAid reached?
A
Over 27 million
4
Q
How much does it cost for water aid to build a well?
A
£8000
5
Q
What are the social benefits to WaterAid?
A
- Installed 20 water pumps benefitting 5000 people in Zambia
- 20 school double toilets benefitting 400 boys and 300 girls
- rehabilitated 10 water points benefitting 2500 people
- life expectancy increase
6
Q
What are the economic benefits to WaterAid?
A
-trained 218 in artisan skills
7
Q
What are the social problems of WaterAid?
A
-population pressures as village increases
8
Q
What are the environmental problems to WaterAid?
A
-they install pumps and wells but without money to maintain them so that local people return to unsafe drinking water
9
Q
What are WaterAids economic problems?
A
- in 2014 £73 million was given to WaterAid and people are still without clean drinking water
- $215m and $360m has been wasted on water infrastructure that has since collapsed
- corrupt government means that sometimes the money does not reach the local African people
10
Q
Some African countries helped by WaterAid?
A
- Zambia
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- South Africa
- Malawi
- Uganda
- Rwanda
