A child dies every 15 seconds due to lack of clean water.
The estimated cost to fix that problem globally is 2% of what Americans spend on Christmas.
We're not ok with that.
The estimated cost to fix that problem globally is 2% of what Americans spend on Christmas.
We're not ok with that.
Below is a video that sums up our team's trip Kenya last summer. The hill you see us carrying water containers up is in a 410 Bridge community called Karima (This will be referred to later). There is a pretty good shot of the hill at 2:45.
re·sponse [ri-spons] (n)
1. an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.2. Biology. any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus.
Many of the members of our team saw and experienced the effects of the water problem first hand last summer. The day we visited Karima is doubtfully one that any of us will ever forget. It became very real to us as we "carried the burden" for a brief time with the women of the Karima community. (External stimulus)
We were in shaken and our insides in knots as we heard stories of people losing their lives carrying water up that hill. (Internal stimulus)
We are each responding to what we saw and felt that day right now.
The way we have been "behaving" since that day has become our response. (see definition)
Sitting around for months doing nothing about it had been our response.
We decided to change that.
We decided to turn what we told students at the camp we worked at last summer that they were capable of into a movement. An action. A response.
We set out to build a well. We have set out to build a well and we want you on our team.
We were in shaken and our insides in knots as we heard stories of people losing their lives carrying water up that hill. (Internal stimulus)
We are each responding to what we saw and felt that day right now.
The way we have been "behaving" since that day has become our response. (see definition)
Sitting around for months doing nothing about it had been our response.
We decided to change that.
We decided to turn what we told students at the camp we worked at last summer that they were capable of into a movement. An action. A response.
We set out to build a well. We have set out to build a well and we want you on our team.
re·de·fine [rē-di-ˈ fīn] (n)
1. to reexamine or reevaluate especially with a view to change.
Our Redefined Response..
We have set out to raise enough money to build a well for the people of Kiu, Kenya.
We are doing this through our friends at the 410 Bridge. For more info on them click here.
The well will cost $20,000.
Will you respond with us?
We have set out to raise enough money to build a well for the people of Kiu, Kenya.
We are doing this through our friends at the 410 Bridge. For more info on them click here.
The well will cost $20,000.
Will you respond with us?