OK - I'm getting grumpy and I apologise if my remark was offensive - I was attacking the statement not the person who made it.

"they've made absolutely no effort to improve things for themselves" is a statement worthy of ridicule unless you can convince anyone reading it that you have evidence to support it - I am at a loss to see how you could though unless you know the individuals concerned or even the specific location.

We can agree the water is dirty, (as are most 'water holes'), but there is also no indication of the source of water.  This may be from above ground springs, underwater springs, (groundwater), dried river bed or rainwater.  You have assumed that the water flows and comes from an above ground spring yet there is no indication of this in the appeal video, quite the contrary.

The video does show what can be done with a few resources to tap into the groundwater and provide clean water.  Some years ago my daughter was involved in a project with the Venture Scouts which raised a few thousand pounds and went out to Kenya.  With that money they bought materials and hired equipment which enabled four villages to build large water storage tanks and rain collection systems as well as to drill a well in each village.  The amount of money was relatively small in Western standards but was way beyond the reach of any of the communities helped.  The point was though that the villagers didn't just stand back and watch the tanks and wells being built - each and every one of them, men women and children pitched in and laboured until the job was done.

There is no suggestion that these people won't do whatever they can to help themselves - simply they don't have the resources to do so - in much the same way that if your water supply fails you as an individual can do very little to rectify the problem - you rely on those with the knowledge and resources to do it for you.