Good news doesn't have to be big. World Bank money is funding the Kosovar NGO Community Development Fund (CDF), which in turn is teaming up with local governments and communities around Kosova to make things happen. Together, they make money go far and beyond with small projects that make a huge difference to people. Such projects establish a sense of involvment and ownership in the community (those that can't contribute financially, are asked to volunteer machineery and/or physical labor) and make sure that taxes they pay are spent effectively.

To understand the effects, consider this: one of the regions that got water piped to them was Has, near Prizren, on the border with Albania. The area is so dry that tradionally women wear a costume (couldn't find a picture) that incorporates wood on the belly to hang water buckets they carry from afar.