Youth in Action: Sustainable Environment
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Check out what one team is doing with one of NGC's Issue Areas, Environmental Sustainability:
Calabasas High School NGC Team
LOCATION
Calabasas, CA
GLOBAL PROJECTMalawi Well Repair Project, Malawi. The Well Repair Project works to fund simple low-cost pump devices that can provide clean water to
villages in Malawi.
ACTION
"Dirty Water Pledge". The 20-person team filled 400 used plastic bottles with grainy, dirty water to represent the harsh conditions that many people in Malawi face because of unclean water. Wrapped around the bottles were handmade bracelets provided by
Pura Vida Bracelets, which helped sponsor the day's event. Students donated money to receive the dirty water bottle and pledged to carry around the water for a day.
High School Musical star and UN Youth Ambassador Monique Coleman visited Calabasas High School during the Dirty Water Pledge and encouraged students to continue to raise money and awareness for clean water wells in Africa.
Calabasas' Dirty Water Day Pledge
IMPACT
The Calabasas NGC Team raised $2,000 for the Malawi Well Repair project which will help to repair hundreds of wells across Malawi. They also educated thousands of people about issues of clean water.
Check out Monique's interview with Team Leader, Emily Isaac.