Giving dignity through pillows and blankets
Miceaela lay on a grimy mat on the dirt floor of her home in Guatemala. Her roof was leaking, but she was unable to get up to fix it — she could only wait for the rain to stop as her floor turned to mud. Miceaela hadn’t always been trapped on this mat. But...
One decision can revive the forgotten
Emeregilda woke to the sun streaming through the cracks in her makeshift home. It was mid-April, and the heat was already unbearable. By noon, the temperature in her arid Guatemalan village would reach over 90 degrees. She stepped outside and peered into the water...
Your bucket list + clean water = 1 life transformed
Every day, Muskan picked up a large bucket and carried it for miles to the nearest source of water … a polluted reservoir. When we think of buckets, most of us probably think about our “bucket list” — a running inventory of things we want to accomplish in our...
From the field | Using water to reverse poverty
It’s been nearly two years since a massive earthquake devastated Nepal, killing more than 8,000 people and destroying countless villages. This week, I met some of the families affected by this tragedy. Their lives were turned upside down in a matter of minutes. Their...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.