Typically it's an 8- to 12-year path to build local capacity in communities, but the reality is that because the communities we work in are on the edge from a vulnerability perspective—natural disasters, war, conflict—lots of times you step back and then you cycle back in. Hambantota, Sri Lanka, after the tsunami might be an example; we had literally just moved down the road when the tsunami devastated it. You know where things are and where people are supposed to be, etc., so you move back in. As the purpose is all about building sustainable communities that have the capacity to manage water systems and manage teachers councils, etc., oftentimes what we're doing is pulling that expertise from the community itself to move on down the road with us so that they're training other communities.
When I say “down the road”, it is: it's down the road. You seldom get to exit a country, but you do get to say that the human indicators are at a certain level so that we can exit the community, and then use those practices by engaging local leaders to transfer that knowledge.