I have been inspired by a combination of Rachel and Leslie's most recent posts. So I want to share this really cool charity that I have found...
or that has found me...
I have been receiving emails from Charity Water for about a year now. I am so lame, a lot of the time I have just deleted them thinking "I don't have time to read this." I obviously signed up for it somewhere because now that I have taken the time to read about what they do I realize what a wonderful, wonderful charity it is.or that has found me...
Rachel's post about not knowing what is going on in the news struck a cord with me and reminded me of this article on Cyclone Sidr that destroyed much of Bangladesh on November 15th 2007. I didn't even know about it until I read about it on Jan 8th 2008. There is so much happening in the world that I don't know about. I need to make it a priority to know what is going on in the rest of the world.
Leslie's post about how priviliged we are here in the U.S. was a big reminder to me of how truly blessed we really are and not just as far as material posessions go, but even as far as what to us is "the simple things" like water and food. Her post reminded me to share with you what Charity Water does. Please check out their website and watch some of the videos. It is amazing to me that as little as $60 can bring clean drinkable water to people who do not have it. People are dying or living with horrible diseases because they can not properly clean wounds or drink water that is not contaminated. Something that is so accessible and normal to us is not even available in other parts of the world. What is pennies to us is far beyond what they can afford.
$60 will rebuild a broken well in Bangladesh.
$750 will dig and build a brand new well.
$20 buys you a bottle of water and 100% of proceeds goes towards bringing clean water to people all over the world.
I think it is really neat what they are doing so I thought I would share with you. I am thinking I got on their mailing list at the Sundance Film Festival last year because it looks like that is where they shot the interview in the clip. I hope so because Sundance starts up again this Thursday. I am going to look for them!!!
8 comments:
You have such a good heart. I'm very proud of you.
ditto that beth. susan, you are so rad. i know you weren't looking for accolades, but you really deserve some. you make me think of that classic neil young tune with your heart of gold.
p.s. when are you going to be at sundance? i may be there too. i have a friend who has a short film in it.
Ray-
I will be at work up there on Tues, Wed, Thurs, and Sat. If you are going to be in P.C. any of those days you better come and see me at work!!!
this is cool suz! it would also be cooler if we all made lots of money and we could give freely to all of these good causes.
sundance already? fun!
Sundance is a lot like Vegas in that it is a lot of fun for about one day. After that it is just annoying... I am looking forward to that one exciting day though. I'll keep you posted on what stars I see this year.
One of the other things that the LDS Humanitarian dept does that we work in is to put wells in villiages all over the world. I have some amazing videos of it. We meet the people who do it. Sometimes we cross paths with these people on our trips. There is such a need for clean water in the world. Thanks for telling us about this group. I believe that charity is the key to life. Knowledge and our acts of charity are all we take with us. (remember Rachels little guy reaching for the rod)
Mary- I know I have told you before, but I really think it is so wonderful what you and Jeff do. I really look up to you for that. It is a goal of mine to work for a charity someday. I think it would be so wonderful to travel the world and help out in orphanages or something. On many of our travels we have left some of our clothes with the locals and even just that was so helpful to them and it was great to see the smiles on their faces. I am sure there is so much we can do. I think the benefits of volunteer work would way outweigh a paycheck. (first I just have to figure out a way to pay the bills) Right now is not the time for me, but I do what I can in small amounts. Thanks for your insight Mary.
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