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Humza Asad is raising money for Human Relief Foundation
Participants: USIC Charity Week 18/19
Story
Just a few weeks ago, after a game of squash, a couple of us went over to a water fountain behind the courts to fill up our bottles. I remember my friends and I becoming quite frustrated at the temperature of the water coming out of the tap. It was surprisingly high.
It was at that moment where we all felt very ashamed of ourselves. We remembered that USIC would be fundraising in charity week to build water wells in deprived areas around Ghana. And our 'first world problems' became more embarrassingly trivial the more we reflected on it.
Around the world, 1 in 9 people have no access to clean water. Its warmth is the least concern for these people. But what does no access actually mean? No access doesn't just mean they don't have water to drink, but rather:
- No access means they have no water to grow their crops; for many that's a livelihood which is lost and a hunger cycle that is never escaped from
- No access means disruption to studies for children who are forced to walk miles on end fetching water leading to poor future career prospects and a life which always under the poverty line
- No access means that the water which they do find usually has water borne diseases causing illnesses which leads to the loss of loved ones to death.
So it was clear that we, living in such privileged circumstances, take water for granted in many ways then one. The importance of water isn't understood unless its taken away from us. Which is why the prophet (saw) said: "The best charity is giving water to drink."
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