http://www.10days.cc/
October 10th marked the beginning of an event on campus called "10 Days". For ten days, participants in the event drink only water for ten days. They keep track on what they would have spent of coffee, sports drinks, pop, and other beverages, and at the end of the ten days, the money that would have gone to personal indulgences is instead donated to Living Water International, which will in turn use the money to build wells in rural areas of Rwanda.
Living Water International (http://www.water.cc/) is a Christian organization that strives to create sustainable and community based change in water access. They operate in over 20 different countries around the globe, but they also connect people on the state-side to the movement and projects. LWI has ways to donate time and money, from events like 10 Days to trips where volunteers help in the actual drilling of wells. Living Water was also featured on the site of Sevenly as their third cause (http://sevenly.org/past-causes).
I decided to take part in this event because it is a simple way to raise money as well as awareness for a serious international health issue. This event is changing college campuses across the United States and changing lives in places like Rwanda. This event will change my perspective on how many resources I have at my disposal. Not only do I have access to water, but it is clean; and water is not my only beverage choice, either. This type of event is effective because it is not requiring students to donate money that they do not have. It asks students to make a sacrifice for a mere ten days. One shortfall is that because the event only lasts until October 19th, the giving will end soon after. Students will go back to their daily coffees and will forget about how some areas in the world do not even have clean water to drink. This event is great for short-term progress and awareness, but other methods are necessary for further commitment to the cause of giving everyone access to clean water.
Wow. I think that is such a great idea. I think it is so great to see that people are so willing and helpful. Water is really important and I am glad people are trying to make it better. These steps are really going to improve the world. Raising awareness for water is an awesome idea and is going to improve health.
ReplyDeleteWater is a necessity, and it is truly sad that it is not accessible to everyone. This is a great way to get people to donate money. Also, it could be a new trend. People in the US need some serious help with healthy eating, so if they cut out the soda and coffee it would help. People might use it as an assentive to their health.
ReplyDeleteLike Megan said, WOW. This such an interesting way of of raising money and I think people would be much more inclined to do this then just donate money. By asking people to only drink water and donate the money they spend on other drinks, you make people think of all the advantages they have and by doing so people will donate money. Water is the center of basic life and everyone should have aces to it. Having adequate water will also solve many problems in this world and this is a great origination doing greats things.
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