Last month we ran this way off topic post in an effort to demonstrate that despite all the division and problems we see around us daily, there is plenty of good being done in the world if you take just a bit of time to look for it. This month I am happy to offer yet another off topic post along these lines.
My daughter made me aware of this inspiring project. It's about a man who is dedicated to raising private funding for water wells in Liberia where clean fresh water is not available to many people. To focus attention on the problem, this man made a vow to live on a homemade floating barge on a local lake in our area until he had raised his goal of about $2.3 million for water wells in Liberia. The company my daughter works for is helping to sponsor this effort and asked her to write an article on it which you can read by clicking here. Below are a couple of excerpts from the article.
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"This fall Todd Phillips, the Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit organization The Last Well, is bringing “living water” to the country of Liberia by living on the water himself.
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Phillips is living on a barge floating in Lake Ray Hubbard indefinitely until The Last Well reaches its fundraising goal of $2,290,000. As of October 26, 2018, Phillips has been living on the barge for 17 days and has raised $1,381,128–60% of total goal.
The concept for The Last Well Fundraiser was designed to call attention to the fact that while we have an abundance of clean drinking water in America, Liberians do not have this basic necessity.
“Most of the drinking water for East Dallas comes from Lake Ray Hubbard,” Phillips said. “We wanted to do something that shows we have water, but they don’t, and that’s not ok.”
Todd Phillips of Last Well
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My added comments: While politicians and others around them spend enormous amounts of time and money to try and obtain political power and influence, it is so inspiring to see people give up their own time and money just to try and help others in need.
When we see this attitude become more prevalent again in our society, maybe we can start to move towards healing some of the divisions at least in a small way. Everyone needs water and I can't imagine anyone not wanting this effort to be successful.
Added note: I do not know Mr. Phillips personally, but I certainly admire the sacrifice he is making to try and raise these funds. Weather in our area has been very harsh at times in recent weeks with rain and thunderstorms while this barge has been floating out on the lake. He provides a nightly Facebook live update for followers here.
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