That Wiki entry doesn't seem to have anything about a genius working in an NGO, so how is it illustrative.
Re:The Genius in My Basement (2011)
by bryanrasmussen on Friday December 27, 2019 @04:13AM
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It's illustrative of how an NGO ends up handling an extremely innovative solution. Since I haven't seen any quantifiable measurement of what makes genius I can't say the lifestraw isn't the work of one. However comparing what came before and it, I suspect if it isn't - it's pretty close.
In the case of NGOs I suppose the history of the Lifestraw would be illustrative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LifeStraw