The Endless Need - Notes from the Field, Uganda
Many countries have a strong presence of engaged service organizations and other non-government entities (NGO’s). Uganda is at the top of the list, especially with the number of Rotary clubs who work tirelessly to raise contributions and execute a wide array of projects on behalf of the poor. My on Rotary club in the SF Bay Area was the Sponsor club on what Rotary calls a Global Grant (raising about $125,000). Moneys raised by clubs gets matched, (to a declining degree after the pandemic) by The World Fund. After being drained of over $400 million due to the unusually high number of worldwide projects, our Global Grant was being pushed to the following fiscal year.
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A National Water Policy Before We Spend $3 Trillion
Floating in Congress is a 3 trillion dollar infrastructure bill. The political debate surrounding it is sure to sink it. Our habit is to compartmentalize the big national problems we have into smaller, contained agency and state-run administration and execution.
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Proof of Concept - Notes from the Field, South Sudan
Installation is complete for the first water enterprise project of Global Water First (GWF). At a total investment of $120,000,vGWF designed, delivered and configured a robust water purification plant in the courtyard of the Ministry for Humanitarian and Disaster Affairs, located adjacent to the Presidential Offices of this new nation.
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Charity is Not Enough
In the two years since the book has been out, I’ve come to a compelling realization. While providing state of the art technology made by gold standard manufacturers (like Innovative Water Technologies of Colorado) is laudable as a charitable endeavor, it is simply a frustration of limits against the worldwide need.
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A Note from CEO Jon Kaufman Ahead of Election Day
As we approach Election Day, I’m reminded that we tend to be echo-chambered and tunnel-visioned as Americans.
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