Dependencia - Dependency

I took this photo on my way to a new community to talk about stoves and cisterns. I've been thinking a lot about how MCC is referred to as a "dependency" here, not a "Non Governmental Organization". Signs like these are all over the place. The government hands out, gives out all kinds of stuff. Here they are sharing the number of cement floors they have poured in people's kitchens. Now that more people have cement floors, the number of people living in poverty have decreased. Just like that?
We don't want to be just like the government, giving handouts. We want to be different. For example, the people who want cisterns have to participate in the construction process. And now they have to help find the funds to buy the materials as well. We're trying to work ourselves out of a job, not create more dependency. We're trying. But are we really doing it?