fieldwork experience in terms of collective action

Recently we IRMANs have returned from their fieldwork. I think most of us would have got an opportunity to see the collective action for different things. But my experience was a little different. In a state like Rajasthan, in my village have sufficient water supply but the neighbouring village is facing a water crisis. But from the past 4 or 5 years the government has been doing nothing to tackle this situation. It was the local people who understand the micro picture and find ways to solve the problem. They collected funds from each household and some from Gram Panchayat and repaired the kunds, a water storage structure. Thus this community participation forms a very good example of collective action. It also taught me that collective action will be successful when the results reaches community as a whole and just not yield the sectional benefits.