Tech saving lives
summary
Charity Water shows concrete results and a clear test: over nine years one million donors give almost $200 million, funding clean water for 17,000 villages and 5.5 million people (about 1% of the problem) and proving the model works. A field team uses modified GoPros and duct tape to shoot a virtual reality documentary that follows 13‑year‑old Salaam through drilling day where heavy rigs arrive and then clean water shoots from the ground eliciting dancing, reunion and measurable health and time savings.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00The global water crisis
- 1:14The story of Leduc Hirose
- 3:15Validating the narrative
- 5:45The power of storytelling
- 8:41Innovation with VR
- 11:57A vision for the future
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