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And We Have Fountains Everywhere…
Published on 05/12/06
by John Phillips
So on the rare occasion that I watch MTV, I gave it a chance tonight because I wanted to check out this diary of Jay-Z. So I thought it was going to be about him being on tour and whatnot, but this was a little different. This one was about Jay working with the UN on some fresh water project.
Anyways, he went around to these little villages that were extremely poor, and with no running water. This one girl said she would wake up at 6 a.m., and until 10 a.m. she was out getting water for her family, which was like 7 people. After that, she would walk to school where, again, there was no running water, and it was right next to this huge pond of sewage from a broke pipe.
Around this pond of sewage were people selling food products……..imagine the germs. As interesting as the special was, it was quite disturbing to see. What was even more interesting, was that a ton of these kids in these poor schools had camera phones and were taking pictures of Jay-Z. Now, it’s cool that they got to take his picture, but it kind of makes you wonder about the priorities of people.
Is it just me, or is something wrong with the picture of extremely poor villages, with no running or clean water, yet these kids have cell phones. This needs no further explanation than me thinking that someone (or company/corporation) would rather make an extra buck, than provide better living for the needy. And to give an idea of needy: the average person needs about 20 liters of water a day for personal hygiene, and this one family (of 7) had 20 liters a day for the whole fam.
I did think that it was awesome that Jay-Z took the time to visit these places to get an idea of their situation, and on top of that making donations to the schools to help bring fresh water. That says alot, and makes a huge statement. What’s pathetic, though, is all these other “hip hop” artists to yap about ballin and shit would never do anything like that. I’ve never heard of no Young Jeezy visiting a poor country and giving donations to schools. They would rather have a necklace.
Water is one thing that you absolutely can’t live without, yet it’s probably one of the most easily accessible things in this country. It’s really sad seeing whole communities and schools without water, and having kids spend hours of their day to hike to the nearest stream to get water. Now, seriously, could you imagine having to spend the first four hours of your day fetching water for your family? And we have water fountains everywhere…
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uncle william
12/12/06
how about an update? its been over a week!!!