PlayPump International's PlayPump solves for all major public health problems in Sub-Saharan Africa.

1. For starters when I continuously mentioned women, men were not to be excluded. Women were mentioned the most because they are the ones who go to the rivers to get the water, therefore they are the most susceptible to contracting Malaria. 2. When I stated that it only costs about $35 per person for a playpump, that it is an amount that communities leaders pay. That is simply the overall cost broken down to show how much it can help for so little. Below is a list of a few companies playpumps has partnerships with: (The complete list can be found at http://www.playpumps.org...) AMREF Anheuser-Busch Clearwater Project USA Coca-Cola Company Colgate-Palmolive Crealy Adventure Parks DaimlerChrysler HP International Finance Corporation JPMorgan HCI Foundation Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Land Bank One Water Rotary International Save the Children USA South African Airways UNICEF Unilever USAID World Bank World Food Programme 3. My argument about the playpumps being tested was in response to my opponents argument about rural communities not knowing about them. I apologize for my lack of properly explaining it. The playpumps are first tested in countries, they are not still being tested overall... it is a sort of field test for the entire country. Rural communities do not have to know about the playpumps because if the company feels that they are a community in need, they will go to the community. 4. Playpumps will not be practical to use for agriculture. The storage tank does not hold enough water and the rate at which it comes out (in a simple hand pump) would be to slow of a process for the agricultural community. "While children have fun spinning on the PlayPump merry-go-round (1), clean water is pumped (2) from underground (3) into a 2,500-liter tank (4), standing seven meters above the ground. A simple tap (5) makes it easy for adults and children to draw water. Excess water is diverted from the storage tank back down into the borehole (6). The water storage tank (7) provides a rare opportunity to advertise in outlaying communities. All four sides of the tank are leased as billboards, with two sides for consumer advertising and the other two sides for health and educational messages. The revenue generated by this unique model pays for pump maintenance. The design of the PlayPump water system makes it highly effective, easy to operate and very economical, keeping costs and maintenance to an absolute minimum. Capable of producing up to 1,400 liters of water per hour at 16 rpm from a depth of 40 meters, it is effective up to a depth of 100 meters." (http://www.playpumps.org...) 5. As I have stated in my previous argument, playpumps are not placed in areas of corruption and this is known because playpumps interacts with the governments prior to the placement of the playpumps. Also as I have stated, the people of the village will protect their saving grace. 6. Water will be a political issue no matter what. Whatever can be made into a political issue, will be. That is simply the way that politics works. The world moves on though, even though politicians do not... people do. 7. The youth of today is the future of tomorrow and they will save us. The future scientists and doctors that are saved by the Playpumps will be able to find solutions to problems in the world that we today can not solve. Problems such as rapid depletion of water and extinction. Already today companies are coming up with new ways to get fresh water. The GE commercials have let the world know that they have a way to get freshwater from ocean water. Anything is possible, as long as it is not given up upon. As I have shown in my arguments playpumps are beneficial in multiple ways. They promote good health and sanitation. Please vote PRO!! Thank You