This proposal notes insufficient funding, insufficient supply, and sustainability as major challenges. The team recommends applying a venture capital model to fund and empower entrepreneurs, such as women community leaders involved in self help groups, to encourage community involvement in local supply.
Inverting the Pyramid: Empowerment through the Venture Model
Challenges: Limited public/philanthropic resources, Sustainability, Existing Solutions, Participation, Limited Financing Options and/or Access to Funds, Financing
Solutions: Partnership Building, Education and Awareness Campaigns, Entrepreneuship Focused, Community Level Solution, Micro-Finance Institutions and Loans, Water Access Points (public or private taps), Economic and Commercial, Business-Led, Public-Private Partnership (Multiple Stakeholders), Water Mains, Financial, Social, Gender Focused, Venture Capital
