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The handpump network is open to all organisations and individuals who are active in the field of hundpump development and/or promotion, and to agencies implementing rural water supply projects with handpumps. This includes multilateral and bilateral agencies, governmental organisations, NGOs, private sector handpump manufacturers, R&D groups, inspection agencies, and individuals. Recent activities Around 150 individuals or organisations are members, including agencies such as UNICEF, UNDP/World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme, and the Consumer Research Laboratory (UK). The current focus of the network is on promoting the sustainability of handpump technologies, both in terms of hardware and software issues, with particular emphasis placed on implementation guidelines which are institutionally sound, technically realistic and responsive to the needs of users. Recent activities have included improvement of handpump designs which already exhibit acceptable field charactersitics; and maintenance and dissemination of international specifications for public domain handpumps, including Afridev, India Mark II/III, Yaku-MAYA-TARA and Direct Action. SKAT publishes a quarterly newsletter which carries details of developments.
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