Xylem, the global leader in water technology, held an official ceremony on Thursday, 04 October at its head office in Boksburg to present 378 pumps to the Mvula Trust. These pumps will be used to support domestic water consumption in Setumong Village in Limpopo.  

The Mvula Trust has been providing water and sanitation services to rural and peri-urban communities across South Africa for nearly 20 years. The trust will oversee the distribution and installation of the donated pumps to the community.

“We, as a company have a responsibility to look after the needs of people in rural communities, who often do not have access to something as basic as clean water. We are very happy to be in a position to assist the Setumong-community along with our partner, the Mvula Trust,” said Vincent Chirouze, Managing Director of Xylem South Africa.

The total value of the pumps donated to the Mvula trust is just under R400 000.00. “We hope that this donation will go a long way towards helping the Setumong-community, and we look forward to more initiatives of this kind in the future,” Chirouze added.

The Mvula Trust was formed initially to alleviate the critical situation in the early 1990s by setting up a fast and effective mechanism for funding community-driven water and sanitation projects.

The organisation has been going from strength to strength since and is now in its eighteenth year of existence. Its main strengths lie in the skills and experience it has developed as both an implementing and policy organisation.

Mvula’s origin and full range of expertise allows it to address all challenges related to water services, whether it is implementing new projects, providing support to water services authorities, establishing water services provider capacity, developing water services policy, or working with communities.

Residents of the Setumong Village also attended the official handover ceremony. With the new products donated by Xylem to address their needs and with a trusted NGO such as Mvula overseeing its installation and implementation, the community of Setumong can look forward to an marked improvement in their overall quality of life.

For more information on Xylem, please visit www.xyleminc.com

For more information on the Mvula Trust, please visit www.mvula.co.za

About Xylem:

Xylem

1)    The tissue in plants that brings water upwards from the roots

2)    A leading global water technology company

We’re 12 000 people unified in a common purpose: creating innovative solutions to meet our world’s water needs. Developing new technologies that will improve the way water is used, conserved, and re-used in the future is central to our work. We move, treat, analyse and return water to the environment, and we help people use water efficiently, in their homes, buildings, factories and farms. In more than 150 countries, we have strong, long-standing relationships with customers who know us for our powerful combination of leading product brands and applications expertise, backed by legacy and innovation.

Picture: Darryl MacDougall from Xylem (left) presents a cheque to Mr Lucky Maleka (middle) from the Setumong village in Limpopo. The cheque symbolises the value of a selection of pumps donated the Mvula Trust to be distributed within the Setumong community.  Pictured with them is Mr Goodenough Molefe (right)  from the Mvula Trust.