operational costs are met by a separate fund from private donors ...
Allow me to be skeptical. Nice cause, and I am glad for Shak, but you have to see through the hype.
Let's just start with this: and the fact that it would take 50% of one year of US military budget to rid of Africa of diseases, hunger and water shortage FOREVER... So government isn't doing it.
.. the fact that they were promoting alcoholic beverage company everywhere...
..the fact that they concentrate on Ethyopia...
...and the fact that there's another "charity", "A glimmer of Hope" (which incidentally has pyramid with the sun as its logo, and "illuminate" as its motto)...
..and the fact that someone is financing a HUGE number of water charities in Africa right now, each one is an NGO, and each one of these having a top quality website (at least):
[
charitywater.org...]
...and the fact that somehow wall street bankers are connected to some of these charities, and these folks are typically doing nothing but hunt for profits (never seen a legitimate charity financed by wall street)...
(and other clues not mentioned here) - and I would say that there's somebody really big financing this, and they obviously have a bigger reason and bigger picture in their mind. Staff is certainly stellar, so they have enough $$$ to pay them, hence money is not an issue. I'd say that water charity is not an issue either, because the money they spend on promotion and hype and employees could've bought these wells just as well.
Just a thought.
