Design a Community-Run Maintenance System for Rural Water Points

Boreholes and water points are installed across rural Nigeria by government agencies and NGOs. Within 2 to 5 years, a significant proportion stop working — not because of technical failure, but because no community member has the knowledge, tools, or funding to carry out routine maintenance. Your challenge is to design a community-run maintenance system for rural water points that is self-funding, does not require external technical expertise, and is sustainable for at least 10 years without donor intervention. Submit: the system design, the role of community members, how maintenance funds are collected, how technical knowledge is transferred and retained, and a plan for what happens when a major repair is needed. Judging criteria: 40% long-term sustainability, 30% community ownership, 20% technical feasibility, 10% transferability to other communities.