Shannon Long has been a key player in data management and its correlation to positive change by educating the Ugandan team on how to utilize convenient geospatial software to organize their data. 

74% of the world has access to clean, usable, safely managed water. Within the United States, 97% of people have access to serviceable water. However, in Uganda, only 18% of people have access to safely managed water. It is this striking difference in percentages that enticed Joshua Kurtz to create The Ayin Project (TAP).