"The aid agencies on their part focus on projects at a symbolic rather than a national scale ...trumpeting that

'a reliable supply of safe water, along with adequate sanitation... are on the front line in the combat against water related disease and death'    (USAID* West African water initiative)

"USAID made an actual contribution of $4.4 million over three years which, over 250 million people, amounts to for 1¢ per person per year."

*United States Agency for International Development