Infrastructure Development

Pacific Asian Atlantic Foundation has made the commitment to provide solutions to the infrastructure development problems that plague developing communities throughout the under-developed countries of the world. We believe a key element to stabilizing a community or region is to insure self-reliance on basic infrastructure development by supporting the development of service oriented Public Works departments.

We believe the natural resources that exist in most any given country are substantial. The value of which can be used to create sufficient credit worthiness to give the Public Works department the ability to finance the development of basic commercial infrastructure. Basic commercial infrastructure development projects include, but are not limited to, transportation, communications, water, power and waste management. However, it would be a gross error to approach the problems of infrastructure development in under-developed countries with the notion of building multi-lane freeways, optical fiber communication systems, hydroelectric power plants and other such grand objectives.

Not that there is anything wrong with grand objectives. However, the infrastructure development problems are not grand in scale in under-developed countries. Rather, the problems are huge in deficiency. Yes, huge in deficiency because of the vast number of people who do not have basic infrastructure or public services. But, case-by-case, the infrastructure development problems are small in scale, easily solved, one problem at a time; one town at a time; one village at a time. PAAF provides micro solutions to a multitude of micro problems and avoids the notion of a macro solution to macro problem.

Therefore, PAA Foundation turned its attention to alternative new and advanced technologies for solutions to the infrastructure development problems of a community, a town or a village. The criteria for selecting new alternative technologies are 1.) The technology must represent a real solution to the infrastructure development problem at hand; 2.) The technology must be economically sound and have true potential for the development of sustaining businesses; 3.) The technology must be environmentally safe.

As part of our research PAAF has identified technologies in several areas of interest that meet the above criteria. The technologies are:

Road Reconstruction - The lack of all-weather roads is a major problem that affects commerce in under-developed countries as well as developing countries.
Water Reclamation - Today we are faced with the loss of life in the tens of thousands due to the lack of life sustaining drinking water.
Energy Projects - Power for economic growth, modern community survival and daily convenience is a necessity.
Waste Management Systems - Communities around the world are faced with environmental contamination and diseases due to inadequate means of waste management.

In addition, a fourth aspect to the solution of infrastructure problems that PAAF seeks to include are alternative new technologies, which can be deployed to resolve emergency conditions in communities worldwide in the form of a Mobile Humanitarian Task Force.