Online Extra: Many poor residents benefit from a creative enterprise between a family company and the government's water agency.
Douglas BakshianMay 30, 2008
Imagine buying only enough water for one day and paying three to six times the price for something of questionable quality. This was a reality just a few years ago for poor residents of metro Manila, the capital of the Philippines with a population of 13 million. But for many in the city's eastern region that has changed, thanks to a creative enterprise between the Ayala family company and the government's water agency.