This proposal notes availability, accessibility, lack of demand, and cost of water resources as major challenges. The team recommends empowering the community by supporting self help groups and providing financing to water entrepreneurs to build solutions at the community level, driving demand through the use of traditional media.
Water Entrepreneurship
Challenges: Extension of water grid, Community Involvement, Empowerment, and Buy-In, Affordability, General Access, Social, Cultural, and Political, Financing, Access, Inequitable Distribution
Solutions: Partnership Building, Education and Awareness Campaigns, Entrepreneuship Focused, Community Level Solution, Water Credits, Entrepreneurship Focused, Water Access Points (public or private taps), Operational Funding (Revinvestment), Fee for Service/Subscription, Economic and Commercial, Business-Led, Financial, Social, Gender Focused, Creation and Support to Water SMEs (Water Champs/Water Dreamers/Water Committee/Consultants, etc.
