So there is this thing held on college campuses called BE HOPE TO HER ran by a nonprofit organization called NURU... and Marshall held an event tonight to tell us more about NURU and this event...
NU-RU: is a Kiswahili word meaning light: it is also a new humanitarian organization at the crossroads of innovation and extreme poverty. How can you be Nuru? It begins with hope.
So at this event tonight we learned about how Nuru was started by a guy who was a Marine and about some stories that made him see that extreme poverty needs to end, so he started this organization with some professors of his at Stanford's grad school and his classmates. And he was from WV! I did the BH2O+ event last year and WOW... it was AMAZING! I didn't know that carrying water on my head for 30 mins would be that changing! It puts you in the shoes of these women and girls who can't attend school because they have to go get water (dirty, infested, deathly water) 2-3 times a day and the sources aren't close... they are 30 mins away and when it's drought season... they walk farther and stand in long lines to try and get water, water that is killing them. So BH2O+ raises money to help build wells with clean water and closer to the communities so that the girls can go to school... so that the families aren't as sick... so people can build their lives. But Nuru does so much more you can check out these sites and videos for more info!
http://www.nuruinternational.org
http://www.nuruinternational.org/videophoto/
http://vimeo.com/8607789
http://vimeo.com/7386152
So on my way home I heard a song on the radio... I've heard it before but never really paid that much attention until tonight. It's by Alan Jackson and the part I heard was: Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us and the greatest is love. Showing these people love by showing we care and that we want to help is the greatest thing we can do... if it's 5 dollars or 5 million if it isn't given with love why give it out? Love is the most important thing and the greatest thing we can give, and it's free to give, its unending we can give more and more and more and there is still plenty to give.
So my iPod was on shuffle the other day and what song comes on? Michael Jackson Man in the Mirror and what a perfect time for this to come on. I'm Gonna Make A Change,
For Once In My Life It's Gonna Feel Real Good, Gonna Make A Difference Gonna Make It Right... this is how it starts and this is what you can do with walking around with a bucket on your head. This bucket is heavy, your neck hurts, you may think you look silly, but IT IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD YOU ARE CHANGING THE OUTCOME OF THE LIVES OF REAL PEOPLE! PEOPLE WITH FACES AND NAMES AND FAMILIES AND LIVES!
As I, Turn Up The Collar On My
Favorite Winter Coat
This Wind Is Blowing My Mind
I See The Kids In The Street,
With Not Enough To Eat
Who Am I, To Be Blind?
Pretending Not To See
Their Needs
A Summer's Disregard,
A Broken Bottle Top
And A One Man's Soul
They Follow Each Other On
The Wind Ya' Know
'Cause They Got Nowhere
To Go
That's Why I Want You To
Know
I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change
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