I received this the other day from the daughter of one of my colleagues, John Wilson, a hydrology professor at New Mexico Tech. Calling John a hydrology professor is like calling Rembrandt a guy who did some painting.
But anyway, looks like she is following in the old man's footsteps. Here is what Megan Wilson had to say.
My name is Megan Wilson. I work for an organization named Population Services International (PSI) where I focus on working with 25 country programs to provide safe drinking water to the world's poor focused primarily in Africa and Asia. These programs seek to provide tools for people to clean their water in the home. This ensures that every cup of water is clean, safe and healthy.
I have been working to raise awareness of the global water crisis and the work that PSI does to help alleviate it, especially in the run up to World Water Day. I was speakin! g to my f entioned that you might be open to sharing information about PSI and our programs to other colleagues in your field. I would be thrilled if you could take a look at our World Water Day site (although it has already passed ) and share this information with any of your colleagues that you deem would be interested. The site is here and of particular interest is a video which tells the story of Melcy, a small business owner, with whom PSI works in Kenya.
After receiving this email from Megan, seeing students working to make the world a better place, and recounting my own experiences with student trips to Honduras, it's no wonder that I am no longer cynical about the "younger generation". Here's what I am talking about (thanks to friend and former student Lynne Paretchan).
But I do feel guilty about saddling them with too much debt.
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