Sesame Helps Burkinabe Afford Life's Essentials
 When Ms. Diabaté’s son came home from school early one day, she knew something was wrong. He confessed that he was sent home because his school fees hadn’t been paid. Ms. Diabaté, one of 3000 small sesame growers participating in EWW’s Sesame Promotion Program in Burkina Faso, was able to remedy the situation: “I took the money I earned from my sesame sales, paid my son’s school fees, and immediately sent him back to school.”
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Supporting the Chain
Talking Irrigation with Jon Naugle
 EWW-inventor Carl Beilenberg first witnessed the utility of the foot- powered treadle pump in 1985 on a trip to the Philippines. With Carl’s modified "universal treadle pump" design in hand, EWW embarked on its first small-scale irrigation program in Mali in 1987. WhatWorks asked Jon Naugle –director of EWW's award-winning irrigation program in Niger – what makes a private sector irrigation program work and how EWW's program has become the "gold standard."
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| Treadle Pump Increases Incomes 500% in Senegal
 EWW study in Senegal shows the increase in income per
growing cycle using a treadle pump for irrigation, assuming
an initial garden plot of 250 square meters.
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| With EWW assistance, developing country entrepreneurs can provide a safe drinking water source to a community for as little as $500, a tenth of the price with existing technologies. |
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