Digital Library title: Women handpump mechanics in Kenya

Hoffman, L. (1992). 'Women handpump mechanics in Kenya'. In: Waterlines, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 19-21: 3 photogr.

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Almost out of necessity, a FINNIDA project in the Western Province of Kenya, turned to women to recruit as hand pump mechanics. Married village women, trained as mechanics, were less likely than men to leave their rural community in search of a better opportunity in the city. The women who are trained to repair the hand pumps were usually already acting as pump caretakers. The replacement of the INDIA Mark II and NIRA 76 hand pumps with two others which are lightweight and are easy to disassemble without heavy equipment (the INDIA Mark III and NIRA 85) has made the process of transferring the hand pump maintenance responsibilities to women easier.

Subjects: hand pumps | kenya western province | attitudes | women's work | operation | maintenance | socioeconomic impact | caretakers | social change | vlom pumps | india mark ii pumps | india mark iii pumps | nira pumps | kenya;