• Zephyr@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Sidebar, if anyone wants to contribute to make this happen on Lemmy let me know. There are many places around here that would greatly benefit from a well or rainwater collection, particularly schools.

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      3 days ago

      Which place do you refer to? I could help similarly in the Philippines where we (my small companies) already do some charity work.

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        3 days ago

        I live mostly in Tanzania and there’s a lot of schools here who don’t have access to clean water.

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            2 days ago

            Haven’t done much yet personally although I’m working on it. Hopefully next year have some things set up.

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              That’s cool, these projects can be pricier or require more resources than one would think. Over here we’re saving up for a water treatment system for the whole neighborhood.

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                2 days ago

                Definitely drilling a well is often substantially pricey, otherwise the tank and drainage from a roof is fairly common here and the drainage can always be done with scrap material in a pinch.

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                  Hmm with the know how digging a well doesn’t have to be pricey, we did it here ourselves with just labor and pipes and ingenuity. Took several days and backbreaking work ( we had to spin and grind through some rock) but there is a way. Ask beyond commercial quotes and do it like countryside people do and can get one. (Once you have it though still gotta pay for the well pump and all, I more it’s not completely cheap but possible)

                  The pricier thing daunting me is the advanced water treatment system that’s at global standards.

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    Kids on the left are catching on to westerners…

    First you saved us to market Catholicism, and now Atheism!? Why can y’all just “be” and exist and do good deeds without advertising!? …and you all called yourselves “woke”!

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      as much as I hate Christianity, they do a LOT of good like this. They give food to the homeless, assist local animal shelters, countless beach cleanups, etc. Helping others is a big thing Christianity teaches, good Samaritan and all.

      Hell, the one my dad goes to combined with like 10 other churches of various religions and peer pressured the mayor into DRASTICALLY lowering gun violence last year and are working to lower rent this year (so far down 6% on average).

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        2 days ago

        i feel like that line from one of the MIB movies applies: A church is good, churches are corrupt. Or something like that.

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        Hating orhers is also a big thing Christianity teaches. And no, not only in the sense that many use it to spread hate, it specifically teaches hate no matter how you see it.