Last month I asked readers of Outside the Lines to support the Hippos, an initiative supported by Project H Design to deliver 75 water rollers (the Hippos in question) to Kgautswane a community in South Africa.

Today I heard from Emily, Project H Design’s founder, who sent a report on its success.

Here’s some of what she said - and some great photos.

On Wednesday afternoon, we handed over the rollers to households selected by Clara Masinga, Kgautswane’s community leader- an amazing woman who really has been a voice and an inspiration to the whole community.

I spent the following 2 days with Grant [the inventor of the Hippo] and Clara, interviewing community members about the Hippo Roller (thousands of which are currently in use throughout Kgautswane), particularly regarding the way it enables families and quite simply, makes life easier. As we drove down the dusty roads around dusk, children rolled their Hippo Rollers home, and waved and smiled every time we passed