Clean Water
http://nursecrumly.blogspot.com/ Laura writes in her blog....
Clean water. I know it’s a huge issue. I carried water on my head at an awareness event several months ago, I’ve heard about it at church as we raise money for Spilling Hope, I’ve seen the wells in Africa and the need for access to safe water. And I’ve been in Vietnam where the need is apparent and hard to miss. And then on my last day in Vietnam, right before leaving for the airport in fact, I get sick. Food poisoning or dirty water poisoning, it really doesn’t matter. I felt horrible, and was having trouble imagining making it through two plane flights and a layover. I felt nauseated and my whole body felt weak from dehydration. And I was acutely sick for just a few hours, until the medications kicked in and I drank enough fluids to counteract the dehydration. And as I lay on the plane I thought, this is what people experience practically everyday from drinking dirty water. People walk hours to gather water that is going to make them sick like this because they have no other choice. People go about their normal lives feeling like this because they are sick so often.
And I was reminded for the umpteenth time the importance of safe water. I was at once terribly grateful for access to safe water, and humbled that I have it when others don’t. The fight to give people access to safe water must continue. We must work to get safe water to people, through wells, or safe water systems, however it can be successful. We must do it. And I must remember to be grateful and to give out of that gratitude.
Safe water matters. It’s life and death.
I was fortunate to spend some time cycling through South East Asia and Vietnam was among my top 4 favourites visited ( There were only four countries...), I am hoping to help my old theatre company expand to South East Asia maybe I can introduce the Kangen machine there, baby steps is what it takes and the first is the most important, well to perk things up again I found a great surfing video from some blokes in Canada, the water they`re surfing is about the same colour as is drunk so that`s what made me think of it, enjoy. Good Waves for you all R
