Comments on: Clean Water for Ethiopia

By: Trackback from T Barker

Trackback from T Barker — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:02:11 +0000

[...] poverty, not through patronizing, but through empowerment. Personally, I’m a big fan of clean water. Even though I’m in Niger, I can afford myself the extravagance of drinking water that [...]

By: Mneiae

Mneiae — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:58:05 +0000

Thank you for working towards bringing clean water to those who need it. This is one of my passions. The most amazing thing, which you’ve already done, is raise awareness of this issue. I got here via a Rowdykittens e-book and I’m glad to hear that you’re promoting the cause.

By: William Lacey

William Lacey — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:22:56 +0000

Really touched by this. I spent 6 months in Ethopia in 1989.

I am a Project Manager Coach and would be willing to help in any way I can, including contributing some time and money.

I will check out the link posted here. Am based in Europe.

By: Turning Awareness into Change

Turning Awareness into Change — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:33:01 +0000

[...] Clean Water for Ethiopia. With this project Chris and his partner charity, Charity: Water are hoping to use Chris’s audience and the audiences of his audiences and so on to bring about real change in the world. When we think of how we can change the world it’s often daunting. That’s the first stage of the masses losing motivation. So the key is breaking it down until it becomes manageable. As Chris explains: Fact #3: It’s best to tackle the problem one place at a time. The overall water crisis is hard to fix (one billion people!), but when you break it down country by country, region by region, and community by community, it’s not nearly as difficult. [...]

By: Trackback from Chris Calabro

Trackback from Chris Calabro — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:16:08 +0000

[...] few weeks ago, Chris Guillebeau posted on The Art of Non-Conformity about Clean Water for Ethiopia. When I read the article, I knew clean drinking water was a big issue worldwide. But for the most [...]

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:53:43 +0000

Thanks for bringing up this important issue. Knowledge is necessary before compassion can even begin. In other words: if you don’t know about it, you’re not going to care, or do anything, either, right?!

Regarding water usage: Is anyone else like me – bothered by the amount of water that goes down the drain while waiting for it to turn hot – for showers, dishes, handwashing…?! And besides, I live in the desert. A very irrigated, backyard-pool-filled, golfers-paradise desert. Something’s wrong with this picture, methinks. It sure can be easy to take luxuries for granted. And difficult to give them up. Just how much, I ask myself, am I, too, a part of the problem?

By: Luce

Luce — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:45:52 +0000

Great intitiative Chris. It is almost unbelievable that Ethiopia is still having problem with food and water. I remember the first live aid concert and the ‘we are the world song’ was targetting the hunger problem in this part of the world. I don’t know what they had done with the money back then. Did they work on a permanent solution or only on the immediate need of the time which was big as people were dying in big numbers every day. I will definitely be interesting to see how you will work with the local community as I believe the education is a big part of making this a succes for many years to come. I’ve never been to Ethiopia but I was told that this country has beautiful landscapes and just wonderful people.

By: Gayle Pescud

Gayle Pescud — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:57:19 +0000

Great stuff again. After almost 5 years in developing countries, 4 of which have been spent in Ghana, if I was asked to choose one thing (aside from world peace) to change, it’s access to clean water–exactly what this project addresses. Our water supply here in northern Ghana goes on and off at will. On the off days we can get it from a tap in the yard. But it went off completely for 2 days last week and, I can tell you, I was more than relieved that we had a bore hole only about 100 metres behind the house so we didn’t have to walk too far with buckets. But if we had no bore hole…I don’t know. We probably would have bought bottled or plastic bag water from town, but a bottle of water is equivalent to most people’s daily income. Clean water is fundamental. It’s the developed world’s biggest luxury. I’ll never take that for granted again. Anyway, I think your $500K target is attainable and I’ll be putting a blog post up about it too.

By: Mark Lynch

Mark Lynch — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:14:39 +0000

Hey Chris, fantastic idea. Glad to sign up with you. We’ve talked before about my kids (five of em… Riker and I were going to meet you in Portland last summer). I think the next generation will really be effected by these problems; and I think they’ll be a big part of the solution.

When you go to check on the project, take a kid with you. We’d love to tag along with a couple of kids, just let me know when.

The kids have huge networks building from upcoming TV projects. Lots of exposure.

By: KC

KC — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:21:15 +0000

Chris, how about using Solar Power for the water project, if there are any kind of pumping requirements, we should use solar energy to pump water instead of conventional energy (diesel gensets are most common), also solar water distillation is a good idea. This way we can also spread awareness of renewable energy, while we address the water need.