Summary
- Local residents perceived our project as a positive impact on their community.
- Many perceived water as a public entity rather than the private.
- They believed that our project would not affect the quality of water.
- Electricity is also publicly available so long as the expensive cost can be covered.
- Many are willing to undertake fundraising efforts to support. Some of them, however, didn't appear genuine, perhaps because school tuitions and other expenditures may be of higher priority than electricity.
- Many saw themselves as local beneficiaries of our project.
- Benefited activities include ironing, radio, television, charging cellphones, and light.
- One thing we felt certain that many residents valued was agriculture. Many of them were farmers.
- ACREST secretary informed us that many people either do not pay for various reasons or only pay less than what they are supposed to pay.
- ACREST secretary also suggested to gather more funding and install meters to track the actual usage of electricity for sustainability and transparency.
- Usually a positive relationship existed between ACREST and its local community, although some residents might be unaware of ACREST at all.
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