charity:water September Campaign, coming August 16th.
August 14, 2010 Featured Articles
| This September, they’re bringing clean water to a place many people have never heard of: Central African Republic (C.A.R.). It’s one of the poorest nations in the world, and three quarters of the people here live without access to safe water. Life expectancy is 47 years.
Their local drilling partner here is Integrated Community Development International (ICDI), started by Jim Hocking. Jim grew up and lived most of his life in C.A.R. and is passionate about a group of people called the Bayaka. The Bayaka were one of the last hunter-gatherer societies in the world, until the logging industry pushed them out of the forest. Now, they live on the outskirts of villages, facing rejection and abuse by locals who see them as animals that belong in the jungle. They are often denied use of water sources and have to wait until dark to collect drinking water from village wells. Many end up using dirty streams and ponds instead. |
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Recently, charity:water traveled to C.A.R. to tell the story of the Bayaka people. Here’s a preview of what’s to come on August 16.
This September, charity: water hopes to bring clean water to 90,000 people in C.A.R., including 100% of the Bayaka people. They’ll need to raise $1.7 million to do that. What can you do to help? |