What will developing communities do with the money?
A Village Council is in the best position to determine its own local needs, and to decide how they should be fulfilled. It is customary for Greenstar to define work with the Council to define where it intends to spend new ecommerce income, and to let the people of the village participate in these plans. For example, in Al-Kaabneh we have defined several projects which will be financed by the village’s new income: a water pump and its connection with a water purifier and cistern; the digging of a well to access deep groundwater; expansion of the central solar power array and addition of smaller modules throughout the village; acquisition of new computer hardware, LAN and printer support, and new educational computer software; provision of additional battery-charging capability; installation of an intercom in the school; purchase of new medical testing equipment and first-aid supplies, and many more items. Respect for people’s ability to make correct decisions about their lives is centra
