Scott and Jenna discuss a decade of charity: water stories and the team’s life-changing impact reducing the water crisis from a billion people to 663 million.
Learning Points
- Scott’s trip on the Mercy Ship and how it inspired him to start charity: water- The water crisis has come down from a billion people to 663 million
- charity: water’s next decade and inviting more people into the story
- How charity: water is utilizing technology and social media to reach and inspire millions of people to take action; Take a look at their latest VR installation and learn about the team’s future plans
- How the water crisis falls on women and young girls and the drastic way having clean water changes their lives
- Storytelling at charity: water – “Stories bring out empathy in people. Statistics don’t. These are true stories. We don’t need to exaggerate them.”
- Rachel’s Legacy – How a 9-year-old girl raised $1.3 million to impact the lives of over 37,770 people in Ethiopia
- charity: water’s newest giving program The Spring: A network of supporters who are committed to making monthly donations to ensure that everyone on the planet has clean water (You can get involved here)
- Reflecting on Marion Wright Edelman’s insight: “Service is the rent we pay for being. It’s the very purpose of life, not just something we do in our spare time.”
- Scott’s favorite quote: “Do not be afraid of work that has no end.”