(cont'd from yesterday's post)
When charity:water started up in 2006, there were about a billion people in the world without access to clean water. It's something like 800,000 now, still a huge number.
They provide about 2700 people per day with clean water, or one every 30 seconds. Scott says he's heard "water is life" many times from those villagers. The website has stories upon stories.
Fetching water is a woman's work in Africa, taking up to eight hours a day. "Young girls learn how to balance the weight of a water bucket, with a baby on their back, while boys their age are learning how to read in school.
One young boy decided that was unfair. He refused to do nothing while his mother and sister shouldered the burden of this work, so Devison started walking for water too.
"Devison wasn’t trying to be a hero or take a stand; he just wanted to do the right thing. He wanted his mom to have time to do more important things. He wanted his sister to be able to go to school too."
(cont'd tomorrow)
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