Oct. 20 Thirst Project Event Tackles Global Water Crisis

The

Thirst Project

, a nonprofit water activism organization, will speak on its efforts to deal with the global water crisis issues at a presentation set for Tuesday, Oct. 20.

The event, sponsored by

UC Bookstores

, takes place at 5 p.m. in 417 Tangeman University Center.

The presentation will share the student-volunteer organization's first-hand international experiences in dealing with the global water crisis. Interested individuals and groups will have an opportunity to conduct global-service work and/or fundraising to construct a water well in Swaziland, Africa.

The first 48 event attendees will receive water bottles and UC Bookstores coupons.

What is Thirst Project?

Thirst Project is a student-volunteer movement to end the global water crisis that strives to educate as many students as possible about the global water crisis—such as the fact that nearly one billion people do not have access to safe and clean drinking water—and to give students the resources needed to make an impact on this very important issue. 

Every semester, Thirst Project student interns, or “Road Warriors,” travel the country speaking to middle and high school and college students about the water crisis as experienced in the field via Thirst Project team stories. Through these presentations, students are made aware of what life is like without access to daily clean water, broadening their knowledge of the difficulties of daily existence in developing nations. After the presentation, students are challenged to take action that can vary from campus to campus. For example, students in the past have hosted awareness walks or dances.

Students and organizations have the option to pledge to the Swaziland Campaign, Thirst Project’s mission to end the global water crisis throughout the entire African country. By becoming a part of this campaign, students will learn details about Thirst Project’s nationwide case study performance plan. Through the campaign and nationwide case study, Thirst Project’s goal is to display the true power water has in the development of a nation.

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