Water for the Thirsty
Here's a real-world innovation that inspires:
More than 180 bloggers from around the globe are uniting today (World Water Day) to raise $10,000 and bring clean drinking water, each year, to 3,600 people in India.
The project is a brainchild of four U.S. bloggers who want to make a difference -- and are doing so via this project.
They note, on their blog, that 1/3 of all hand pumps installed in the last 20 years in developing countries are now broken. Four thousand children are dying every day due to the lack of clean drinking water.
The money raised for World Water Day will not go to drill more wells, but instead will go towards training and employing hand pump mechanics. A brilliant idea.
The mechanics will earn a steady income (getting themselves out of poverty) and will save lives at the same time -- turning water back on for thousands of people in need each year.
And, as an extra bonus, the Prem Rawat Foundation will provide a matching grant for the funds that are raised -- doubling the amount of people who will be receiving clean drinking water.
My request to you? Please donate $20 to this worthy cause today. Click here to find out how.
Posted by Mitch Ditkoff at March 22, 2011 06:11 PM
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