More than Nothing

I'm almost jumping up and down in my chair, folks! I just checked the Ryan's Well Foundation site and the Kajiado water project is almost completely funded!

When we started our drive to raise money for Kajiado, it was about half-funded. Now, out of a total of $28,560 needed to build a rainwater harvesting system to provide water to a community of mostly-Maasai families, $27,628 has been raised. That means just $932 more and we will have met our goal--to wake up Christmas morning and know that together we have made this difference.

Here's the project summary from the Ryan's Well Foundation website:

The Kajiado Community Water Supply Program will ultimately provide a total of 40 households:

(i) a 10 cubic meter rainwater harvesting tank
(ii) a proper latrine for good sanitation community training
(iii) community training and education in regards to environment, hygiene, sanitation and the safe water chain of collection, storage and use.

Establishing these basic elements in the community will guide citizens of Kajiado towards a brighter future with the ultimate goal of working their way towards a more prosperous society. Over the long term, the Maasai people of Kajiado District are finding an alternate and honourable way to survive in a changing world.

I'm not sure how much of this effort was because of FoodShed Planet Friends for Kajiado, but I know at least some of it was. More than nothing.

And maybe that's a good way to look at the little things we can do to make the world a better place. More than nothing. If we each do more than nothing.

Wouldn't that be something?

More than Nothing