My friend saw my tweet about charity: water, and then sent me the following eye-opening story:

“I have friends in Africa, I went to help them with a building. One week I was there we had no water of any kind or electricity for 4 days straight… it gets pretty smelly, I can vouch for that. Most third world countries I’ve visited use mini water towers for each family unit. Ours happened to be broken and so we had no reserve. You can’t drink the water in any case due to foreign microbes being different from US microbes, our bodies only tolerate familiar parasites… I was able to find enough water for drinking obviously (since you typically die at around 70 hours w/o water). No electricity there also means it’s a lot hotter, so far less sleep, plus the ceiling fans reduce the malaria risk so not having them makes for a more nervous sleep at any rate…

“Life in a third world country is 90% struggling to survive, find fresh food/water, 10% everything else – on a daily basis.”

Click the image above to help charity: water change those ratios. While you are there, watch the Twestival Day 4 Drill video, and celebrate with the group in Northern Ethiopia.

Be free,

Jeff