I’m hot. You’re hot.
It’s August in the South. Hot is expected. We dress in breathable fibers and drink lots of water, or margaritas, or beer. After all, you can go fill up that water bottle at the sink anytime, right? And the grocery and gas station sell bottled water so cheaply…you can get a drink anytime.
But what if you couldn’t? What if you had to walk an hour to get the water you used, everyday? What if bottled water wasn’t just expensive, but not available in your community? For many people around the world, a lack of access to such a simple thing is the single biggest factor in disease, starvation and death. Over 1 billion people in the world don’t have access to clean water. Here in the U.S. (heck, even here in N.C.) we’ve seen what happens when a town like Flint, MI, has to turn to bottled water. We’ve watched the pictures of trucks rolling in and people lined up to take home cases of water to their families. It’s expensive, but the water is available. In some parts of the world, though, the community is faced with not just a failing municipal system (that’s a whole different blog post!) but a complete lack of any system. Wells run dry. Streams are polluted with bacteria.
The folks at Global H2O are working hard to put clean water in rural villages. With a focus on Southern Sudan, they are using engineering talent to deepen existing wells, add solar pumps to wells and create rain-collection facilities. This international -access group was started right here in Raleigh and they’ll be joining us on Saturday to help raise awareness for the issue of water access. Stop by their tent, located right by the brewery entrance, and get a bottle of water and a head full of information.
Can’t join us on Saturday? Visit Global H2O right here to learn more about what they do.
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