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[[Image:MonoflowPump.gif|thumb|right|350px|The Fun Pump. <br>Photo: [http://www.monoflo.com/nov-monoflo%C2%AE-and-water-all-bring-clean-water-rural-african-communities Monoflo.com]]]
In addition to the Fun Pump, Monoflo and Water For All have also worked together to develop the Sun Pump, a 480 Watt solar pump that is capable of producing 8,000-30,000 litres of water a day based on the specifications of the borehole. The Sun Pump comes with several pump options, allowing it to work in a variety of settings and depths.
[http://www.monoflo.com/nov-monoflo%C2%AE-and-water-all-bring-clean-water-rural-african-communities NOV MONOFLO® and Water for For All bring clean water to rural African communities.] ====The Play Pump====[[Image:PlayPump.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Play Pump. <br>Photo: [http://www.waterforpeople.org/extras/playpumps/update-on-playpumps.html PlayPumps International.]]] Trevor Field of South Africa teamed up with an inventor and came up with the "play pump" -- a children's merry-go-round that pumps clean, safe drinking water from a deep borehole every time the children start to spin. Soup to nuts, the whole operation takes a few hours to install and costs around $7,000. Field's idea proved so inventive, so cost-efficient and so much fun for the kids that World Bank recognized it as one of the best new grassroots ideas. Video of the [http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/watch/player.html?pkg=entrepreneur&seg=13&mod=0 Play Pump.] [http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/10/south_africa_th.html South Africa: The Play Pump, Turning water into child's play.]