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Visit our Demo village, Bunabumali, in Eastern Uganda.

The Virtual VillagePump is business model that can be copied by any rural community in Africa. It shows how the traditional development approach can be made more effective by re-arranging actions, reshuffling available resources and re-defining the main goals of the initiator of a project.

Our approach increases local commitment, shows alternative routes towards the goal and identifies ways to reduce the need for hard to get external capital if there are insufficient guarantees. # Visit our Demo village, Bunabumali, in Eastern Uganda. The Virtual VillagePump is business model that can be copied by any rural community in Africa. It shows how the traditional development approach can be made more effective by re-arranging actions, reshuffling available resources and re-defining the main goals of the initiator of a project. Our approach increases local commitment, shows alternative routes towards the goal and identifies ways to reduce the need for hard to get external capital if there are insufficient guarantees. More Search # Twitter you can put twitter code here # Flickr you can put flickr code here # About us The Bunabumali Good Samaritan & Needy School project an initiative from Emmanuel Norman Nakhokho who contacted VillageTalk in search for creative solutions to get school items, and other highly necessary equipment into Bunabumali, Mbale Province, Eastern Uganda. Meet the team. # Blogroll

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The HAPV (Advertised as HAPPY) is a twist on the ‘horse and buggy’ mode of transportation, making this a donkey, cart, solar panel on a canopy FUV (Farm Utility Vehicle) that is quite ingenious and absolutely AfriGadget. A donkey drawn carriage is commonplace in many countries in Africa, and this retrofit by the organization Water and Wheel adds more functionality and utility especially suited for rural Africa.