Friday, February 22, 2013
A video from Charity Water
In my last post I discussed the ordeal that women and children must go through in order to bring water back to their village. While doing some more research and reading up on different non profit organizations I stumbled upon Charity Water from New York and a video they have released on this very ordeal. I think this video does a fantastic job through animation in order to make the point come across loud and clear, but in the same regard in a harsh manner that makes it too graphic for someone of a younger era. I was already passionate about building wells in poverty stricken areas, but this video just increased the amount of fire burning deep inside my soul.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
The reason for The Water Fountain
Living in America we often times never take a moment to think about people in foreign countries. One issue that has become aware to me in the last ten years is water. Sure, it makes up most of the content of our bodies. However, that's not what I am concerned with in the least bit.
Over the course of this blog I will discuss what is going on in the realm of building wells in poverty stricken areas. This is an issue that needs to be addressed and addressed soon.
Building wells in Africa in particular has weighed heavily on my heart since I would say around freshman year of high school. I can remember sitting at a church summer camp down in Panama City, and being awe struck to see that there were kids my age carrying up to twenty pounds of water for courses of two to three miles.
This process that I was being shown is certainly no walk in the park. Children and women must walk miles on end to a watering hole where they will then fill up their water jugs in order to provide clean water for their families. From here most will then put the jug of water on top of their head and walk back miles in order to reach their village.
Needless to say this tugged at my heart strings quite a bit. This blog is entitled the water fountain from the standpoint that the watering hole for most villages is a place for gossip, catching up, as well as just plain old community. Here in America we don't have to worry about walking to a watering hole to receive clean water, but instead just walk to a water fountain that is most times yards if not feet away from us.
I hope this blog serves well to whoever is reading it, and hopefully this will ignite a spark under some of your feet to go out and make a difference for a village in need.
Over the course of this blog I will discuss what is going on in the realm of building wells in poverty stricken areas. This is an issue that needs to be addressed and addressed soon.
Building wells in Africa in particular has weighed heavily on my heart since I would say around freshman year of high school. I can remember sitting at a church summer camp down in Panama City, and being awe struck to see that there were kids my age carrying up to twenty pounds of water for courses of two to three miles.
This process that I was being shown is certainly no walk in the park. Children and women must walk miles on end to a watering hole where they will then fill up their water jugs in order to provide clean water for their families. From here most will then put the jug of water on top of their head and walk back miles in order to reach their village.
Needless to say this tugged at my heart strings quite a bit. This blog is entitled the water fountain from the standpoint that the watering hole for most villages is a place for gossip, catching up, as well as just plain old community. Here in America we don't have to worry about walking to a watering hole to receive clean water, but instead just walk to a water fountain that is most times yards if not feet away from us.
I hope this blog serves well to whoever is reading it, and hopefully this will ignite a spark under some of your feet to go out and make a difference for a village in need.
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