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  • \"Manual
    Manual drilling of a new borehole using the SHIPO jetting technology<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Deepening
    Deepening a well using the Mzuzu Drilling - tube bailer - technology<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Training
    Training in Rope pump production<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Wire
    Wire cement tank construction to harvest rainwater<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Wire
    Upgrading a well with a Rope pump<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Infiltrating
    Infiltrating run off water using the tube recharge<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Irrigation
    Irrigation through use of a Rope pump and low-cost drip tubes<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Water
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    Training the local private sector in
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    The SMART Centre Group<\/p>\n

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    The SMART Centre Group is a group of SMART centres. These Centres are located in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Niger, and Nicaragua. These centres are coordinated by MetaMeta<\/a> and apply the so called SMART approach which is a combination of:<\/p>\n

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    1. Innovation.<\/strong>\u00a0market-based and low cost technologies (SMARTechs)<\/li>\n
    2. Training<\/strong>. Build local capacity (women and men) in technical and business skills<\/li>\n
    3. Self-supply<\/strong>. Reach the unserved with subsidies, others to invest themselves<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      With funds of the Dutch-government this approach was recently evaluated by IRC<\/a> wich indicated that this approach reaches the SDG6.1 target group in small rural communities that are not reached with other delivery models and that it contribute to SDGs for Poverty, Food, Gender and Climate.<\/p>\n

      Also with a cost of $25\/ person for CapEx, reaching SDG6.1 in these situation is 2 to 6 times less than reaching this target group with the conventional approach. The potential of the SMART approach is proven in several African countries and experiences and potential of self-supply is described in the book \u201cSelf-supply\u201d<\/a> and based on decades of field experience with failures but increasingly also success.<\/p>\n

      Our main principles are:<\/p>\n

      Quality in technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Most SMARTechs are simple but a hard lesson learned is; \u201cSimple is not easy\u201d. Details are important. Products disseminated via a SMART Centre need to be technically sound and approved by the SMART Centre Group.<\/p>\n

      Quality in training and management<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Manuals for and trainers in production, installation etc. should be of good quality. Good management is essential and a SMART Centre should generate income and become self sustaining.<\/p>\n

      Cooperation<\/strong><\/p>\n

      A SMART Centre cooperates with a local partner in each country, agrees with the vision and mission of the SMART Centre Group and cooperates with the other members.<\/p>\n

      To become a member of the SMART Centre Group, conditions apply;<\/p>\n