100
fontane
for
Africa

100 fontane for Africa

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We
committed
ourselves
with
the
company
in
the
100
Fantini
fountains
for
africa
project
to
build
the
water
main
in
Burundi,
in
the
Masango
area,
to
bring
good
water
to
those
who
don't
have
it
and
to
contribute
substantially
to
giving
greater
dignity
to
daily
life
and
the
hope
of
a
better
future
especially
to
children
and
young
people.
We
committed
ourselves
with
the
company
in
the
100
Fantini
fountains
for
africa
project
to
build
the
water
main
in
Burundi,
in
the
Masango
area,
to
bring
good
water
to
those
who
don't
have
it
and
to
contribute
substantially
to
giving
greater
dignity
to
daily
life
and
the
hope
of
a
better
future
especially
to
children
and
young
people.

During the course of the project, 30 more fountains were added to the 100 initially planned. This was made possible thanks to the success of the commercial initiative launched by the company, which involved the sales force and customers around the world, allocating to the project the profits from the sale of the ‘I Balocchi’ series, a historical icon of the company that was reissued for the occasion. The initiative received an extraordinary response and a total of 130 fountains were created.
Each fountain has a name in Kirundi and a local person has been appointed to look after and maintain it.
It has not been an easy project, but one full of challenges. The morphology of the terrain made it difficult to transport the materials, there is no infrastructure and identifying the best points for ‘capturing’ the water from the rock was complicated, due to the rains and landslides that slowed down the work and required constant inspections and changes during construction compared to what had been planned on paper.

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