1. Efosa Ojomo and what RPP’s think of building wells in Nigeria

63.2 million people in Nigeria don’t have safe access to water. A common response to this statistic is to want to give these people access to safe water — which is exactly what inspired Efosa Ojomo to co-found Poverty Stops Here, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide access to clean water and sanitation resources, micro-loans to help start a new or expand a current business, and education/health initiatives for children in Nigeria. But despite all of the research on development that Efosa had done prior to starting this nonprofit, things didn’t go exactly as planned.