Agency:.Produced by the NFB for the Canadian International Development Agency.

Director, Michael Rubbo ; producer, Michael Rubbo ; director, Barrie Howells ; producer, Barrie Howells ; executive producer, Barrie Howells ; writer, Michael Rubbo ; editing, Michael Rubbo ; camera, Fred Coleman ; sound, Samuel Boafo ; sound editing, André Galbrand ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel.

Recorded 1982.

In the late seventies, the government of Ghana, with the help of CIDA (the Canadian International Development Agency), drilled wells and installed hand-operated pumps in many of its villages in an effort to provide a clean and convenient water supply. This film shows how international aid works, or fails to work, in a transfer of technology from a developed country to a Third World country. The film is full of anecdotes about pumps and people, which makes it delightful viewing for anyone who is simply interested in learning more about Africa.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).