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Forgot about this when we were discussing Alabama: Buy a Meter. One in four households in Hale County is not connected to a municipal water system and do not have access to clean water. The people behind Project M worked with Rural Studio and HERO Housing Resource Center and started this campaign to raise awareness and funds to help the residents in Hale County.
The project was started on July 2, 2007. I heard about it later that month and donated $50 to the project. Now, a little over a year later, they have reached about 30% of the goal ($127,500) - and unfortunately I cannot find any info or updates on the project (you can still contribute here).
Now looking back at the project, I’m baffled that this kind of problem was not addressed by the local government, and I wonder if it would’ve been more effective if the effort was spent on, say, getting signatures for a petition to the county governance, or making the campaign about how tax money is spent and budget distributed. Of course, this is easy for me, sitting in my living room, to say, but I also wish that some sort of newsletter or blog was set up, so that donors can keep up with the project and help spread the word.
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