Two months ago, I stood at a water pump in Uganda. The construction is spectacular. The engineering is beautiful. It’s installed perfectly.  And it will fail shortly.  The reason is simple – tariffs are not being paid and if finances are not in place then pumps will break, as so many do worldwide. 

This is "The Naked Truth", the first in a series of videos that expose the truth about project implementation.  Sustainability is an easy word to say, but it is hard to achieve in the field.  We ask hard questions of our work, and move beyond the simplistic messages that dominate the water sector landscape in an effort to program better in the field, to improve over time and to hopefully support a world where communities like this one in Uganda are truly aid independent.