Selecting a Country

Thursday, July 8, 2010

We are just rockin’ right along here at Clean Water U. In addition to the regular class schedule, we devoted considerable time and talk about deciding where to install systems.

First, some abbreviations:
• IP – Initiating Partner. This is the organization that is sponsoring the installation. In our case, PCB is the IP.
• OP – Operating Partner. This is the community that receives, takes ownership of, maintains, uses, and benefits from the clean water station.
• CWU – Clean Water University. The training program operated by LWW that is located at Camp Hopewell (yes it is a real day and summer camp for kids) near Oxford, Mississippi, home of Ole Miss (the University of Mississippi).
• LWW – Living Waters of the World, the Presbyterian Synod of living waters dedicated to the mission of providing clean water to people who do not have access to it. LWW is open and available to any religious or non-profit organizations or groups wishing to provide the LWW systems anywhere in the World.

We have learned and discussed a host of factors that influence the decision of which country and which community in that country will be our first installation.

We will bring back material describing countries where systems have been installed or where installations are planned. One task usually undertaken in each trip is to scout out new locations for future installations. Consequently, there are a number of potential OPs already available for our consideration.

The PCB LWW Mission Committee will have a lot of work evaluating factors and information so we can make choices and recommendations appropriate for our mission goals.

Some of the places where LWW systems are installed or are being planned are:
Bolivia; Peru; Cuba; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Nicaragua; Haiti; and Honduras.

Got to go to class now. More later.

Ron, Janet and Fred