H2Oliday Gift
Posted by Michelle Moquin on December 24th, 2013
Good morning!
First of all…to my international and Guamanian Readers…
Merry Christmas!!
I HOPE you all have a wonderful day with your families and friends!
To all my local Readers: Have a fun and safe Christmas Eve!!
Secondly, I came across this. Yes, it is not too late to give a gift of one of the most precious things that we have in life. One that without we would not survive. One that many may take for granted since we have daily access to it. Yet, for many, it is not always easily accessible, and for some, they even die because of the lack of it. I am talking about water.
Charity Water is a non-profit organization and their mission is to bring clean and safe drinking water to every person on the planet. And the cool thing is, is that private donors fund the staff salaries and operating expenses so that 100% of your donation goes directly to fund water projects in developing countries. How can you say no to something like that?
Still thinking about it? Here’s a little more to whet your appetite – Pun totally intended. :)
charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations.
It’s hard not to think about water today. In the western world, we face growing concerns about our stewardship of the world’s most precious resource. There’s talk of shortages, evidence of reservoirs and aquifers drying up, and of course, plenty of people who simply don’t care.
But forget about us.
Most of us have never really been thirsty. We’ve never had to leave our houses and walk five miles to fetch water. We simply turn on the tap, and water comes out. Clean. Yet there are 800 million people on the planet who don’t have clean water.
It’s hard to imagine what 800 million people looks like really, but one in nine might be easier. One in nine people in our world doesn’t have access to the most basic of human needs. Something we can’t imagine going 12 hours without.
Here, we’d like to introduce you to a few of those 800 million. They are very real, and they need our help. They didn’t choose to be born into a village where the only source of water is a polluted swamp. And we didn’t choose to be born in a country where even the homeless have access to clean water and a toilet.
We invite you to put yourself in their shoes. Follow them on their daily journey. Carry 80 pounds of water in yellow fuel cans. Dig with their children in sand for water. Line up at a well and wait eight hours for a turn.
Now, make a decision to help. We’re not offering grand solutions and billion dollar schemes, but instead, simple things that work. Things like freshwater wells, rainwater catchments and sand filters. For about $20 a person, we know how to help millions.
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Readers: If you can, I HOPE you’ll donate. Thank you. May you never get thirsty and not have access to clean, safe drinking water.
Peace & Love.
Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.
Gratefully your blog host,
michelle
Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)
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December 24th, 2013 at 1:45 pm
Excellent idea! Those who walk that far are indeed challenged over the most basic of life necessities.
For my western pals who turn on the tap, I save the pics they send over the years. It’s my favorite thing to look at them, this year I posted them on FB or sent them via text, they loved it bc sometimes you forget how far you’ve all come…
Enjoy your holidays!
Luv, Zen Lill
December 24th, 2013 at 1:46 pm
Larry, thank you & same to you. -ZL
December 25th, 2013 at 8:03 am
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All.
HOWIE