I Built 100 Wells In Africa
Summary
TLDRIn this inspiring video, the team embarks on a mission to construct 100 wells across Africa, providing half a million people with access to clean drinking water. From Kenya to Zimbabwe, they not only drill wells but also improve schools with computers and furniture, enhancing education and daily life. The project's impact is profound, saving lives, fostering community development, and emphasizing the importance of clean water for a healthy future. Viewers are encouraged to donate to continue this life-changing work.
Takeaways
- 🌍 100 Wells for Africa: The video showcases the building of 100 wells across various villages in Africa, providing clean water to nearly half a million people.
- 💧 Immediate Impact: In less than a second, a village in Kenya gets unlimited clean drinking water, changing lives instantly.
- 🎉 Warm Welcomes: The team receives enthusiastic welcomes from the communities, highlighting the significant impact of their work.
- 🚰 Dangerous Water Sources: Many communities rely on unsafe water from rivers, leading to health issues like diarrhea and typhoid among students.
- 🏫 School Improvements: Besides wells, the team also upgrades schools with new computers, furniture, books, and even sports equipment.
- 🚶♂️ Treacherous Journeys: Some villages face dangerous and exhausting journeys to fetch water, emphasizing the critical need for nearby wells.
- 🌱 Sustainable Solutions: The wells provide pressurized water and can pump continuously for 30 years, ensuring long-term benefits.
- 🚲 Supporting Education: The team provides bicycles to students, facilitating easier access to education and daily necessities.
- 🌞 Solar-Powered Innovation: A solar-powered well in Zimbabwe supports local farmers by supplying ample water for crops and livestock, even during dry seasons.
- 🌉 New Bridges: In addition to wells, the team builds a new bridge to replace a dangerous one, ensuring safe access between divided villages.
Q & A
What is the main goal of building 100 wells in the video?
-The main goal is to provide access to unlimited clean drinking water to approximately half a million people in Africa.
How does the video depict the initial reaction of the village in Kenya to the first well?
-The villagers in Kenya are shown to be extremely excited and grateful, with expressions of 'Wow! Water!' indicating their joy and surprise.
What challenges did the school system of Nairiri face before the wells were built?
-The school system of Nairiri faced challenges such as students getting water from an unsafe river, leading to health issues like diarrhea and typhoid infections.
What was the method used to construct the wells in the video?
-A giant drill was used to dig hundreds of feet into the ground, bypassing polluted sources and reaching an enormous aquifer of pure, drinkable water. Pipes were then installed for easy access to the water.
How did the community's daily life improve after the construction of the wells?
-The community no longer had to spend hours a day fetching unsafe water. Instead, they had access to clean, pressurized water close to their homes and schools.
What additional improvements were made to the schools in the villages?
-Besides building wells, the schools were updated with new computers, furniture, shelves filled with books, soccer balls for every student, and modern whiteboards and projectors.
What was the situation like for the community before the 45th well was built?
-The community had to undertake a treacherous, mile-long hike through the jungle and up a mountain to fetch water, which was unsafe to drink.
How did the video address the issue of the dangerous river and bridge?
-The video showed the construction of a new bridge to replace the dangerous one that was prone to being swept away during the rainy season, ensuring safer access to hospitals and schools.
What special feature does the 69th well have that benefits the local farmers?
-The 69th well is solar-powered, designed to provide ample water for crops and livestock even during the dry season without the need for electricity.
What was the impact of the project on the local hospital in Zimbabwe?
-The construction of a new modern well at the hospital in Zimbabwe relieved the burden on pregnant mothers who previously had to walk over a mile to fetch water.
How can viewers contribute to the cause after watching the video?
-Viewers are encouraged to donate money at beastphilanthropy.org/wells or through the link in the video description, with all funds going directly towards building more wells globally.
Outlines
🌍 Bringing Clean Water to Kenyan Villages
The video documents the construction of 100 wells in Kenya, starting with a small village that instantly gained access to unlimited clean drinking water. The project aims to provide half a million people with fresh water. The video captures the excitement of the villagers and the impact of the wells on their daily lives. It also shows the school system of Nairiri and the challenges they faced with unsafe water sources. The narrator and his team experience the local culture, participate in a welcome ceremony, and witness the installation of water towers that will supply clean, pressurized water to neighboring villages.
🏞️ Overcoming Obstacles for Water Access
This paragraph describes the arduous journey of fetching water from an unsafe source, highlighting the physical challenges and health risks faced by the communities. The narrator experiences the difficult hike to the water source, empathizing with the villagers who must carry heavy jugs of water daily. The construction of a well near a school eliminates the need for this laborious task, and the team encounters another community divided by a dangerous river, prompting the construction of a new bridge to ensure safe access to essential services. The video also takes the viewer to Zimbabwe, where a hospital's impact on the village is underscored by the need for a well to alleviate the burden on pregnant mothers.
🚴♂️ Enhancing Lives with Wells and Bicycles
The video continues with the construction of well number 69, which is solar-powered and designed to support farmers with water for crops and livestock. The narrator emphasizes the sustainability and impact of such wells. The team also provides bicycles to students who previously lacked transportation, facilitating their movement and improving their daily lives. The video concludes with a call to action, urging viewers to donate to build more wells globally, emphasizing that 100% of the funds raised will go towards this cause, and reflecting on the significance of clean water in transforming communities.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Wells
💡Clean Drinking Water
💡Diarrhea
💡Aquifer
💡Spigot
💡Water Tower
💡Unsafe Water
💡Philanthropy
💡Community
💡Development
💡Bridge
Highlights
Building the first of 100 wells to provide unlimited clean drinking water to a small village in Kenya.
Combined effort to build 100 wells aiming to give half a million people access to fresh water.
A warm welcome ceremony by the villagers upon the arrival of the well-building team.
Revealing the unsafe water source from a river that the students currently use, leading to health issues.
Initiating the end of reliance on unsafe water for the village with the construction of a well.
Describing the process of drilling wells to reach pure, drinkable water sources.
Installing pipes to provide accessible water from spigots to people across Africa.
The impact of a single well providing 3600 gallons of water per day for a school and the surrounding community.
Highlighting the sustainability of the wells, capable of pumping nonstop for 30 years.
The success achieved without large government resources, emphasizing the collective human effort.
Providing new computers, furniture, books, and sports equipment to schools in the villages.
The arduous journey of fetching water from a distant and unsafe source, highlighting the need for immediate change.
Building a well close to the school to eliminate the daily struggle for water.
Addressing the challenge of a dangerous river dividing a village and the plan to build a new bridge.
The introduction of a solar-powered well designed to support farming during the dry season.
The completion of the 100th well and its significance in changing lives and communities.
A call to action for donations to continue building wells globally through beastphilanthropy.org/wells.
The emotional and physical toll of the well-building journey and the commitment to make a difference.
Transcripts
This is the first of 100 wells we're going to build in this video.
Wow! Water!
Water!
- Oh. - Oh, crap.
You just witnessed a small village in Kenya get access to
unlimited clean drinking water in less than a second.
One down, 99 more wells in Africa to go.
You're going to love this video.
Combined,
these 100 wells are going
to give around half a million people fresh water to drink.
And after building some more wells on the side of Kenya,
we flew south to the school system of Nairiri.
And let's just say they were really happy to see us.
How's it going?
I was not expecting this.
Thank you for the welcome.
¡Jimmy! ¡Jimmy! ¡Jimmy!
Not sure how to react.
I appreciate it, everybody.
This village threw a welcome ceremony upon our arrival
and Nolan got really into it.
Nolan's the most awkward person I've ever met.
And that's a lot coming from me.
And after being shown around the school. Yeah.
Here comes our guest.
How's it going?
Are you having a good day?
It's nice meeting you all.
Have a good day.
One of the teachers showed me where the students
currently get their water, which is from this river,
that's extremely unsafe to drink.
This is where your students used to get water from?
Yes.
This is crazy.
Yeah.
You know, students complaining of diarrhea, infections like typhoid,
because this is the water we've been using.
So we tried to treat.
But you see, look at it, you know.
But at the end of the day, life has to move on.
You have to get some water anyway.
This situation is obviously extremely sad.
These children's lives are being limited
and sometimes cut short for being forced to drink unsafe water.
But at least for this village,
we're going to put an end to it right now.
I don't think this John's going to fit.
I have a big head.
Let's see if we can find some water.
It's raining.
It's beautiful.
After the water comes out of the ground,
it's fed into enormous barrels like this one.
And once they're built into the water towers,
all of the neighboring villages
will not only have clean drinking water,
but a pressurized water source as well, which, in short,
means no more doing laundry in unsafe water.
And pull!
On a scale of one to Nolan's mom, how heavy is it?
Nolan's mom times two.
Oh, God.
I'll push you off of this.
All right, here we go. Under control.
We built 20 more wells in Kenya, and after we were done,
Bro has another well in there.
Don't worry, I have more water in my other shoe.
Just so you know how we built these first 29 wells...
We use this giant drill to dig hundreds of feet into the ground,
past the polluted sources,
and into an enormous aquifer of pure, drinkable water.
After that, we spend time installing pipes
so that people all around Africa
can access water from spigots like this one in Nairiri.
Let's see how it taste.
Like water.
It took me about a minute to fill this five gallon drum.
How much water can this provide a day?
3600 gallons a day.
Not only will
this well cover the 400 kids at the school,
but literally the entire neighborhood
and village around this school can use this well.
We say thank you for the water.
No problem.
This thing can basically pump nonstop for 30 years.
You would think that
having an effect of this magnitude
would require the resources and funding of a large government.
But that's not true.
Solving this problem is possible and it's something humanity should
all be putting effort in to fix.
What's the secret of success?
To be honest, just find something you love doing
and do it for a long period and eventually you'll succeed.
So I'm going to bring it super close. See us?
- Isn't that cool? - Yes.
If you look up, it's recording.
All right. well, I'm going to get close.
All right.
Yeah, you can see yourself.
We were also able to install a well for this village.
In this village and these 12 other villages.
And while we were finishing these wells,
we were also able to update
one of their schools with brand new computers.
- How are they liking it? - They really like.
- They like them. - Glad to see it turned out well.
And we also updated the classrooms with new
furniture, installed shelves and filled them with new books,
donated a soccer ball for every student,
- Thank you, Mr Beast. - Thank you for this!
and even put modern whiteboards and projectors
in all of the classrooms.
Do you guys like the projector?
- Yes! - Yes!
We were using a chalk
that made a lot of dust, but today everything is clean.
We truly appreciate it.
No problem. It's the least we could do.
But then when we flew out
to the site of the 45th well, we realized this community
had it even harder.
Every time they need to get water,
they need to take a treacherous, mile long hike through the jungle.
And that mile long hike also happens to be on a giant mountain.
I wake up very early about 4:00 so that I can fetch water for the school.
We are not safe fetching water here.
That place is very slippery.
Chances of getting in an injury is very high.
So while we worked on their well, the community took me to see
how they currently source water.
You guys would have to make this trip how many times a day?
- Two times. - Two times a day...
So a typical student would carry something like this? Yeah.
- Yeah. - Oh, God.
If 200 students did this every day, how hard could it be?
It could be very hard.
Oh, oh boy.
Dang, this is very steep.
We're just walking down this mountain forever.
Every day!
It was actually surprising how difficult this hike was.
And these people go through all of that
just to get to this spigot.
That water is still unsafe to drink.
This is where you guys get your water from normally.
Yes.
And filled with water,
these jugs can weigh up to 40 pounds, which is insane for these children
to be carrying up this mountain.
The ladies can carry two of those.
Oh, I totally can as well then.
And as soon as the jugs were filled, it was time to head all the way back up.
Hurry up. Let's go.
He's not even sweating or anything.
No, I got it. I got it.
And now, instead of spending hours a day for unsafe water,
their new well is only ten feet away from the school.
So they can just fill it up here now.
I'm too tired.
And so we were on to the next village
where we built our 46th well, but we ran into a little problem.
We found out
that this village is divided in half by this huge, dangerous river.
It may not look like much now, but when the rainy season comes,
the water comes up this high and literally swallows this bridge.
And why this bridge is such a big deal is the villages over there,
the hospital and schools are over there.
So they're crossing this bridge multiple times a day.
Despite how dangerous this bridge is, it's their only option.
This river, when it is swollen,
it can sweep away people, students or even animals.
In the recent past, we have lost about three people
trying to cross this river.
This loss of life is insane and absolutely unacceptable.
The moment we heard about this, we knew we had to help.
So while we started work on a new bridge
that would let them reach there, well, we then traveled over 2000
miles from Kenya to the country of Zimbabwe.
We've been in Africa for over a week,
and we still have a lot more wells to do.
- You kind of smell. - I know. It's weird.
I showered this morning.
If you let me finish, I can put my arms down.
Can I count on you two to finish these wells with me?
- Yes. - Yes, yes.
First on the agenda was to check out a local hospital
that was in dire need of clean water.
Upon entering,
we learned how big of an impact this clinic had on the village.
How many kids do you guys give birth to a year here?
In a month...
about 50.
- So 600 births a year? - Yes.
But unfortunately, the pregnant mothers at this clinic
have to walk over a mile just to get water
and then carry these heavy buckets all the way back.
However, the good news is we paid for the construction
of a new modern well for them.
All that needed to be done now was to turn it on.
All right, Nolan, are you ready?
I'm ready. Over.
Let me get a dramatic zoom in.
Nolan, I pressed the button.
Is it working?
It's flowing.
Do you want to go check it out?
- Yes. - Let's do it.
I love how people are immediately just getting water right now.
This is easily the coolest thing ever.
Nolan here is a professional dancer.
He will join.
How do I always end up dancing?
What is he doing?
Oh, gosh.
I won't make you watch this anymore.
Besides ensuring access to clean water,
a lot of the students at this village lack transportation.
So we decided to give all of them new bicycles.
I know it looks like a lot of kids, but we bought a lot of bikes.
Full disclosure, I don't know how to ride a bike.
Jimmy only knows how to give away bikes.
Never learned how to ride one. Well, that's great.
Let's break in all the new bicycles.
Three, two, one, go.
Everyone's passing me.
Be careful, I don’t know how to ride a bike.
I don't want to hit anyone.
You want to ride it?
All right, go for it little man. Okay.
And after giving away the bikes, we continued
building wells until we reach...
Well number 69!
This solar powered well
is specially designed to aid the farmers in this village
by providing more than enough water for all of their crops
and livestock, even during the dry season without any electricity.
Each panel is 200 watts.
Then it's attached to a pump.
That pump can pump 5,000 liters every hour.
Basically, it's unlimited amount of water for this entire village.
That's incredible.
And after we left Zimbabwe, we wanted to continue to give water
to communities all across Africa.
So we built more wells in Uganda, Somalia and Cameroon.
And if you want to see more of what we did in Cameroon,
there's a whole video about that coming soon, on the Philanthropy Channel.
Spending time in these villages.
Really, it made me reflect on the importance of building
wells, how it brings water to farms to feed the hungry,
how it provides clean conditions for hospitals, and most importantly,
how it helps the children of this next generation live long,
healthy lives and build the future for all of these communities.
We await a new dawn
of clean drinking water.
Water is life.
And with some help from the locals, we finally finished a new bridge
that this community can use for the next 100 years.
Lives have been saved.
Families will come together.
The worries will be gone.
The hundred wells we built in this video, will change a lot of lives,
but not enough.
Which is why, before you go,
I want to urge you all to go to beastphilanthropy.org/wells
or click the link in description and donate money if possible.
We're literally not profiting a dime off this video.
100% of the money we raise is going to go towards
building more wells like you saw in this video all around the globe.
I know it's weird that a YouTuber has
to do all this stuff, but someone's got to do it.
And if no one else is, we're going to do it.
As you can tell, it really does
change the lives of the communities where we build them.
And finally, well,100.
Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.
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