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South West Water gets its PAWS stuck into Africa! South West Water’s scientific manager and Mid Devon resident Chris Underwood, has changed his life and the life of countless others less fortunate, by investing his energy and expertise in PAWS, (Partners for Water and Sanitation); a non-profit initiative set up by the UK government to help ensure that African countries have clean water and adequate sanitation.
"PAWS is now maturing into an effective partnership which is starting to fulfil its considerable potential in delivering real help to people in PAWS are currently working with four African countries - Unlike in the UK, where many people are fortunate enough to take their water and sanitation for granted, in the Benue State, the population of 3.9 million play out a daily battle to get access to clean water and proper sanitation, often having to travel over 4 km to get to the nearest water hole. Their primitive and limited water distribution system suffers from frequent breakdown or power failure and the local people have very little knowledge on how to run their network; so when machinery breaks down that is often how it stays. Chris has now made two trips to the Chris and his team will be returning to Makurdi, the capital of "I've had a great 30 years in the water industry and I'm now putting something back into where it really matters and where it will make a real difference to thousands of people. All I'm giving them is the benefit of the knowledge and experience I've been lucky enough to gain here at South West Water." Chris Underwood on his experiences working with PAWS ENDS
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