UPDATE: January 2026
The below image is the quote to purchase and install a Solar water pump for the Emmaus Primary School. The funds are in Ugandan shillings, the conversion into US Dollars in $6129.33 If you would like to help with funding this project, please send your check, made out to Emmaus Gospel Outreach with Solar pump in the notation area. Send to Emmaus Gospel Outreach, 9313 SE 162nd Street, Summerfield, Florida, 34491. If you cannot send funds at this time, please pray that the funding would be provided for this project. Thank you and God bless.
The borehole (water well) is in desperate need of a solar water pump and storage tank. The hand pump gets so much use that it wears out after a few months and has to be replaced at a significant cost.
The solar pump would pump water from the well during daylight hours, pumping into a 10,000 l. storage tank. The tank would have a number of taps around the base for people to draw their water.
I was able to get a quote from the major water pump and solar company, which operates over all Central Africa.
The project would cost about $5000 USD. That would include the pump, solar panels, controller box, all wiring, a cement base, the tank, and taps. All installed and ready to operate. The system also has an automatic switch that shuts the pump off if it is not drawing water.
We were able to go see a system that is operating for a hospital and a school.
This system has more tanks as it serves both the hospital and the school. The water there has an awful lot of iron in it so it needed an iron filtration.
It also has chlorine injection, which is a smart option and is something that should be added to our proposed system.
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