Clean water -- we take it for granted every day
Posted by Gil Jones
on Oct 06, 2015
We take water for granted in America where we just turn the tap. Without the water well that is about to be drilled, the Maasai people subsist on tainted water carried by the women in used petroleum drums, on their heads, five gallons at a time.
"Cookie" as he is known shared his experience with the project in Maasai Land area of Tanzania, East Africa where Rotary is putting in water well systems and other infrastructure. Daybreak Rotary is assisting in funding along with a Global Grant from Rotary International and donations from six other clubs.
We take water for granted in America where we just turn the tap. Without the water well that is about to be drilled, the Maasai people subsist on tainted water carried by the women in used petroleum drums, on their heads, five gallons at a time. World wide, 783 million people have no clean water. One in 10 of those will die from bad water. Of the children in those areas, 80% are sick from bad water.Cookie regaled us with stories of hearing the "Maasai yoddle" as he calls it which led to his singing cowboy songs for the Maasai people, including "Happy Trails" which -- to his surprise -- they knew.