And as you can also see it is an underwater 'spring, essentially groundwater, not a spring as you'd find on a hillside.  Likewise the wells required to reach clean water, not the 10, 20 or 30 foot deep wells you'd find in an English village but a 100, 200 or 300 foot borehole.

These people have done remarkably well to adapt to the environment they live in, they just need a little extra assistance to make that life more bearable.  It is often the same people who criticise them for not helping themselves who are also surprised and demand they need to be stopped when they do help their lot by upping sticks and migrate to the West.  The best way to reduce the number of emigrants from these areas is to help them to stay where they are.

Oh and I stand by my assertion that ""they've made absolutely no effort to improve things for themselves" is a ridiculous statement - if that offends you then I am sorry but that is your problem.