60.000 water projects across Africa and Asia
My story of helpfulness is an organisation called Charity Water which is based in New York City but operates around the world. It was founded by an incredible visionary entrepreneur called Scott Harrison in response to the fact that one in ten humans on earth do not have easy regular access to clean water which we know has significantly negative effects on health, education and on economic development. Over the last fifteen years or so, Charity Water has succeeded in raising more than half a billion dollars and has funded almost 60,000 water projects that has positively impacted 11 million people in mostly Africa and Asia. What's amazing and special about Charity Water is that they are committed to full transparency, not just in terms of their fundraising and allocation of funds but also tracking the progress of projects, months, years down the line, to ensure that benefit is still being delivered to those communities. The vision of Charity Water is not just to to deliver water projects which is obviously fundamentally and critically important, but use that as a means to inspire everyday people around the world to think about how they can best serve their neighbours, and those among us who are weak and marginalised and vulnerable and suffering. So I think Scott's vision challenges all of us around how we can ignite a spirit of generosity that then becomes viral and empowers people to help improve the human condition?
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