** I would rather spend the money on a program that teaches them how to build their own purification systems.**
Years ago, NOVA showed what happens in Africa.
The women carried contaminated water miles to prepare food. The men did nothing.
The UN came in and drilled a shallow well, and installed a manual pump. The women were happy. The men did nothing.
When the pump broke, the women began to carry water miles again. The men did nothing even though the pump was easy to fix.
Why didn’t the women fix the damn pump?