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The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby

'charity: water' founders on Life Without Clean Water, Living in a Leprosy Colony & Risking Crocodile Attacks

The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby

Matt & Abby

Society & Culture

4.816.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

This week we were joined by Scott & Vik Harrison from "charity: water". They shared stories of life in developing countries without clean water. People who share water sources with crocodiles, drink water with leeches in them and water that more closely resembles chocolate milk. DONATE TO CHARITY: https://charitywater.org/UNPLANNED This episode is sponsored by Claritin, Dreamland Baby, DoorDash & Prose. Claritin: Go to https://claritin.com for a discount so you can Live Claritin Clear. Dreamland Baby: Go to https://dreamlandbabyco.com and enter code UNPLANNED at checkout to receive 20% off sitewide + free shipping. DoorDash: Sign up for DashPass today and get your first 30 days free if you’re a new member. Subject to change. Terms apply. Prose: For 50% off your first subscription order go to https://prose.com/unplanned Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We've seen kids who had leeches stuck to the back of their throat in Ethiopia.

0:03.4

We've heard stories of parents giving tiny amounts of diesel fuel to kill the leech inside their

0:07.7

throat.

0:08.7

Dick and I have both been in communities where the largest fear around the water source

0:12.6

is crocodile attacks.

0:13.6

You're kidding.

0:14.3

I remember spending time in a leprosy colony.

0:16.4

400 people that all have leprosy.

0:18.5

Were you worried about getting leprosy?

0:19.5

A little.

0:20.0

There was a little girl in the slum.

0:21.6

It looked like chocolate milk,

0:23.0

and she would drink it and she would spit it back out

0:25.3

onto her dress just to feel the feeling of water.

0:28.3

We sat down with Scott and Vic Harrison,

0:30.5

a couple on a mission to bring clean water to the world.

0:33.1

After quitting his job as a nightclub promoter, Scott turned his life around, swore off drugs and

0:37.4

alcohol, and went to live in some of the world's poorest countries.

0:40.2

There he discovered that one out of ten people don't have access to clean drinking water.

0:44.6

And women and children are walking eight hours every day just to get water that resembles chocolate milk.

0:50.0

His experiences inspired him to start a charity that has helped bring clean water to over 18 million people.

0:58.0

Did you really force all your friends to pay $20 to come to your 31st birthday party.

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