thirst
noun: thirst
1. a feeling of needing or wanting to drink something.
The thirst project is an organization that was started by a
guy named, Seth Maxwell. It helps provide clean water for countries in need. When
Seth saw a picture taken by a friend, he realized the huge issue of water there
was. He became aware of it in 2007. Maxwell began to do research and at 19
years old, while in college, he gathered seven of his friends and some money. With
seventy dollars on them, they bought 1,000 water bottles. They set out to Hollywood
boulevard to give these bottles away for free. This was an attempt to raise
awareness, and those seventy dollars became 1,700 dollars in the process. These
1,700 dollars were used to fund their first rehabilitation of a freshwater
well. Soon, they began to get calls, people thinking they were an organization,
asking them to come to their schools to present. They didn’t think much of it,
but now they travel to middle schools, high schools, and colleges to speak. In the
past 5 years they have been able to raise eight million dollars and provide
over 300,000 people with fresh water.
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