Simply providing a water hole with a pump does not even start to solve some of the basic problems slum dwellers face. Many such water programs have been created with some to little success, and many water kiosks are already available in slums like Kibera where we are in the process of setting up our pilot project, though the quality and source of that water is in no way guaranteed. Aid projects in
Kibera have often shown little progress in achieving real improvement in people's lives. Water alone, will not succeed in creating real change in the lives of slum dwellers around the world. A group of services combined to innovate, educate and energize the local population will provide a dynamic tool for populations to create new lives for themselves. New Clean Technology will provide cheap and reliable energy to power the Community Center, where Public Baths, Clean Drinking Water, Public Lavatories, Information programs, The Green Marketplace for slum upgrade, Adult Learning Center, Micro Loans Office and a Business Center will provide tools for the population to better their own lives. With Water at its center, and with Clean Technology as its dynamo, - the HNP Community Center aims to provide public services where none exist, while spreading Clean Technology know-how by educating and training the local population in its use, - in turn creating real, cutting-edge new and useful job skills among the urban poor.