In the spring of 2002 four university students from the US, assisted by TOPS members, had arrived in Kray Kee to conduct research work for their graduation theses, which included planning a feasible micro-hydropower project. They had completed their plans and successfully applied for financial sponsorship from an overseas foundation. But unfortunately, after the students had returned to the US implementation of the project had ground to a halt.
二○○二年春天，四位來自美國的年輕大學生，在 TOPS 工作人員的協助下，到克瑞其村進行畢業論文研究，規劃出一個可行的小型水力發電計劃，並完成企劃且順利申請到國外基金會的經費贊助，不過整個方案卻在他們回國後延宕下來。