{"id":437,"date":"2020-11-11T18:50:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T18:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tgup.org\/blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2021-01-27T04:35:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T04:35:42","slug":"rudiments-of-geo-social-engineering-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tgup.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/11\/rudiments-of-geo-social-engineering-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudiments of Geo-social Engineering, Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:21px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1022\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/tgup.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kenya-Water-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-443 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tgup.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kenya-Water-1.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/tgup.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kenya-Water-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tgup.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kenya-Water-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:21px\">Water is one of the six Rudiments of successful development.&nbsp; The others are nutrition, sanitation, health, education and vocation.&nbsp; TGUP has just completed installing a water filtration system at an orphanage in Cambodia.&nbsp; It produces WHO-standard clean water for not just the orphanage, but for a nearby school and for other residents in the village.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 33%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"252\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/tgup.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/water-system2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-442 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tgup.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/water-system2-1.jpg 252w, https:\/\/tgup.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/water-system2-1-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:21px\">Three years ago, we dug a water well for the residents of a small village in Malawi.&nbsp; The well made possible a second crop, or a doubling of the calories for all of the 5,000 residents of the village.&nbsp; It cost $12.500.&nbsp; That means that over the 10-year expected life of the well, it cost $.25 (25 cents) per person per year to double the calories available to all of the people in the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:21px\">In Kenya, we installed a water collection and drip irrigation system at a school near Nanyuki.&nbsp; We collect water from the roof of a classroom at Gakawa school and store it in a 1,500 liter water tank.&nbsp; It\u2019s then metered out to the crops one drop at a time.&nbsp; We have achieved 500% increases in crop yields.&nbsp; Cabbages that were the size of softballs are now the size of basketballs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"442\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/tgup.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Malawi-water-well.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tgup.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Malawi-water-well.jpg 442w, https:\/\/tgup.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Malawi-water-well-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:21px\">We have also completed water projects in Nepal, Ecuador, South Africa, and other countries.&nbsp; In all cases they give life, and a better chance in life for the recipients.&nbsp; They typically cost little, but release enormous human energy in the communities where they are installed.   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