- What is the thirst project? Almost 1 Billion on our planet don’t have access to safe, clean drinking water and proper sanitization. That’s one in every eight of us. 4,100 children die every day from diseases caused by contaminated water. That’s huge. That’s approximately one child every 21 seconds. 80% of all global diseases are water-borne and result from drinking contaminated water. These diseases kill more than 2.2 million people every year.
- When and where was the thirst organization born? It all started with a photograph. It’s amazing what one photo can do. Photos tell stories. I first became loosely aware of the global water crisis in the summer of 2007 through a friend who had recently returned from a humanitarian service trip to Uganda. I knew about the poverty, but I had no idea how great an issue water really was. Over the next several months, through my own research and several uncanny, seemingly chance encounters that could only be described as God at work, I met with some of the most prominent individuals and organizations exploring ways to provide solutions to this problem.
- What problems are they trying to solve? (Explain ) When you bring safe water into a community, disease consistently drops consistently by upwards 88% nearly overnight! Child mortality drops by nearly 99% almost overnight! The solution is too simple and the victory points are too easily attainable for us to continue to ignore the #1 killer of children globally. The solution is water. The solution is us. The solution is YOU
- What is the solution to the problem? the solution to the problem is to save water and donate
- How much does it cost to built a pump? The cost to build a freshwater well in the developing nations we work in ranges from between $7,800 in Uganda to $20,000 in Kenya. That means an entire COMMUNITY of people’s lives can be forever saved for as little as $7.8K!
- What are some of the countries being helped by this organization? we now travel the country to middle school,high school and college campuses speaking to people our age.
- How can you help? with your help we believe we can do this.with your help we can give water.with your help we can give life.
- How did you raise your dollar? i raised my dollar by saving people life
- What did you think and feel when you became aware of the negative effects of lack of clean accessible water? i think that dirty water is not good and i feel like we should be more clean
- List at least three things that can happen to your body as a result of lack of access to clean water? i could get sick, or i could have germs,and also i could die.
- Have you ever experienced or witness lack of clean water near where you live or are visiting? never in my life i experienced or witness something like that.
- Were you ask questions? Were people curious to know where the money will go? yes people ask where does the money go and i said to the people that need it.
- How did you feel about asking people for help? How do you feel about knowing that the dollar raised will make a dramatic difference in someone's life. i am happy because it going to people that really need the money and it safe.