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RE: African infrastructure - The Infrastructure Service Delivery Path (Part 3 in a series)
My Dearest Friend Kiligirl, I hasten to comment regarding your last 3 posts. It shames me to tell you that there is so much of your concepts here that just allude me. The second 2 posts, along with your examples, are helping me to make the leap, but this is probably something Ms. Jane is really good at understanding. In support of your effort, I resteemed a post that sounds a little like what you are trying to achieve but from a different angle.
I am so sorry because this is your realm of expertise! I would like to understand. You did a real nice drawing of the stairwell and the bridge. Maybe next time you should use stick figures and I will get it. Much Love from Ellie Mae. 🐓🐓
Hi, Ellie Mae, I'm trying really hard to demystify this for people not in the infrastructure business - because frankly, we're all in the infrastructure business as customers in some way, shape or form, and it's useful to understand what sits behind the stuff we can see. Please ask any questions you have in any way to help me understand what the difficult bits are.
I saw the post you resteemed - it was excellent! I told the author in a comment it was you who pointed me there :-).
Thanks for the really nice compliments on my drawing - that's the stuff that comes from Pixabay. The doofus looking stuff is what I put together myself. I can just about handle drawing stick figures, so maybe I should start there!
Much love back - LD 😘😘
Dear Friend Kiligirl, after reading part 3 for the 3rd time I am beginning to understand.
Here are my questions:
As long as you find a funding source, and you train local people to complete differing parts of the project you are coordinating, why not make the same system available to every home?
I am talking about water and sewage here. That way the initial pipeline is already laid. If the consumer cannot afford that luxury, then perhaps it is not fully implemented yet. Better yet remember pay toiletets at the road stops many years ago?
This is a frustration we continue to have with services from AT&T . Who gets what service and how fast. The lines are laid but clearly rural isn't populated enough to turn on the fast speeds.
I really like the idea of having local people trained to implement services. Provides income and a teachable moment.
If there are parts of a community that are really poor, that you want to provide services to..... why not creat an outpost? A local library if you will or maybe a truck stop . Showers, wifi, water machines, books, bicycles, even simple groceries, available at one central location.
This is what I was wishing was available during Irma.
I hope you can see that you are making progress with me. Just looking at it from a consumers point of view.
Once people see the possibilities then they may be incentivized to find a way to have these luxuries in their own homes.
Which leads me to another question. Which I will ask you later on.
I knew those pics were from pixabay. I just had to give you a hard time. I can sense your frustration with me. It is starting to seep in. I just have to rearrange my brain a little and try to understand a bigger picture.
Love you much your friend Ellie Mae🐓🐓