The goal is to set up a unique program that is
non-profit and self sustaining.

It takes 10 workers laboring 10 hours a day in dangerous conditions for 6 days a week for one month (26 working days - 2600 man hours) to complete one water well by hand. With a drill rig it takes a team of 5 workers laboring 6 days to complete the same well (300 man hours). Drilling is much safer and the finishing of the wells (after the equipment is paid for) is less expensive. Hand dug wells cannot be installed during the rainy season's (in this part of the world there are two rainy seasons in the year). The Drilling of Wells is much less affected by rain.

Costs charged for installing a well (whether dug or drilled) include: a fair wage for those doing the actual work. (Board Members are volunteers and are only paid a minimal cost for attending Board Meetings.) The cost of materials used, and wear and tear on the equipment are elements of the cost as well. Costs also include a charge to purchase additional equipment needed to expand the program ... but no profits.