You're very right, I met Edgar on Steemit, he was desperately trying to get established here and make a small income to help his family, when the crisis deepened in 2018. His professional job was gone, food inflation through the roof, no boat to fish from (so he had to swim out to a raft and risk his safety to bring home food). We became friends through English/Spanish translator websites. We don't talk on the phone, or chat online, or even email. Steem has been our only communication, so our entire relationship can be viewed online (I find that fairly interesting). I don't know him closely, but I certainly consider him an online friend, and like you said, he's a community member in need, and we have a way to directly help him, so "let's get it done"!
Edgar's farm pump stopped working and he posted his frustration. As he always does in his posts, he showed good photos of what he was talking about. I could see the broken pump and the worry on his face. That's when I realized I should and could do something, and had a vision of this project, and it snowballing into a huge effort, to bring water back to Edgar's family. I thought it would happen faster, but at least it's happening! We contemplated giving up a few times, when progress slid back toward 0% as Steem fell from $1.5 to $0.15 :( Luckily we decided to keep trying and hoping for either a price recovery, or more help from the community. That's when we found you and the other great upvoters dedicating support every week, and also when the Steem price finally started to recover... and progress has again moved ahead! I'm so excited to hit 50% soon! That will really be a nice headline to get more people involved.
Thank you so much again. It means a lot to me and I'm sure to Edgar and his wife and kids. This is really going to help them a lot.