Philosophy
Here’s some more philosophy behind the project and why it is structured the way that it is.
In a typical nonprofit organization, a large portion of incoming funds goes toward administration and office costs. We don’t need this. We don’t want stationary or funds going toward office rental or any of the like. We want to fix leaky faucets.
We want to do this project, so we’ll research it, develop alliances, set up the infrastructure by testing things out, get resources, get the information online, train people, fix leaks, and leave. (Why give a man to fish when he can learn how to catch his own?) Along with efficiency, another aspect of the project is based in political/economic philosophy.
Public facilities in developing countries can sometimes be inefficient. Yet the funding that the U.S. and other first world countries donate are often convoluted and sometimes do not reach the intended recipient, or at other times, aid has been shuffled into the recipient country’s defense spending. When traveling, these foreign policy expenditures are seen and experienced firsthand. It can be debated that instead of helping to make nations sovereign, or self – sufficient, this policy tries to bring developing countries into the world economic system in some sort of dependent way. Similarly, when foreign aid organizations like U.S. Aid, carry out projects, even if they are fabulous projects (like bringing clean water to people) they expect something in return. This project simply wants to stop leaking water using the most efficient means possible.
Stop it and flow.