Sustainable Aid Programs – Global Sustainable Aid Project

The most potent aid work is not about throwing resources to impoverished communities. Sustainable aid is born of strong science, and is increasingly self-critical, collaborative, and economically focused.

The Global Sustainable Aid Project supports financially and socially sustainable projects, not charity. GSAP designs and implements aid products (like the GSAP Toilet), systems models (like WashLeague and MAKER-Lender Microfranchise Program), and educational hubs and products (Lab-in-A-Box & GSAP Portal) that can self-sustain after initial implementation with minimal infusion of resources or training.

This is important because we believe good ideas that improve people’s lives can and should carry forth and expand. The GSAP Microflush toilet, for example, requires minimal maintenance, is pleasant to use and provides safety, dignity and economic opportunity to those who use and build them. Those trained to build the GSAP Toilet, can then train others to do so in neighboring communities, and so on.