Mark Grimes said:

>>If we distribute our potential market of 100 filters (serving 5,500 people daily) we want to lower waterborne illness caused deaths of a village with approximately 5,500 people by at least 50% at first and hope for it to increase exponentially over time.<<

Over what timeframe would this be measured?

And who (or what org) will do the reporting?

How often will reports be generated during the project?

thnx

Hey Mark, the timeframe would depend on how long each loan is paid off (which would determine how often we would be distributing another filter). Since the fees will be determined by the loaner himself, we cannot determine this accurately. I did calculate that if the fee was $.50 it would take a loaner about a month to pay it off (and 2-3 months afterwards of continued feeing needed for our commission, then they can keep the filter and use it for only personal reasons if they like). So if we give 2 filters at a time and it takes a month for them to pay it off, it would take app. 50 months or 2 yrs and 2 months to distribute all 100 filters. However, $.50 is a high fee and $.25 would be a more probable fee which would then increase the time frame to 4 yrs and 4 months to provide for the entire village of 5,500 people. So over 4 yrs and 4 months let's say, we would hope to find a decrease of waterborne illness-casued deaths by 50% or more and see that decrease after everyone (we hope) use all 100 filters for a good amount of time.

Since this is a project that would start out very small with only 2 filters at first. We would document the success ourselves until we start seeing progress and continue distributing more. If there is a progress, we would show our data to W.H.O. and Thirst Relief and hope that they will see our potential and early success and want to collaborate with us in our mission. Which will possibly lead to free supplies from these organization in exchange for usage of their name with our project. Data will probably be generated by a monthly (if loans are paid off in a month) basis and become bi-annually when more filters are given out and progress does not need to be documented as closely.