I_Built_100_Wells_In_Africa(360p)
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00:00This is the first of 100 wells we're
00:02going to build in this video.
00:03Oh!
00:04Water!
00:09Oh!
00:10Oh, crap!
00:11You just witnessed a small village in Kenya
00:13get access to unlimited clean drinking water
00:16in less than a second.
00:17One down, 99 more wells in Africa to go.
00:20You're going to love this video.
00:22Combined, these 100 wells are going
00:24to give around half a million people fresh water to drink.
00:27And after building some more wells on this side of Kenya,
00:30we flew south to the school system on Nairiri.
00:32And let's just say, they were really happy to see us.
00:36How's it going?
00:37I was not expecting this.
00:42Thank you for the welcome.
00:45I'm not even sure how to react.
00:49I appreciate it, everybody.
00:50This village threw a welcome ceremony upon our arrival,
00:53and Nolan got really into it.
00:55Nolan's the most awkward person I've ever met.
00:57And that's a lot coming from me.
00:58And after being shown around the school.
01:00Here comes our guests.
01:02How's it going?
01:03Oh, you having a good day?
01:04It's nice meeting you.
01:05One of the teachers showed me where the students currently
01:08get their water, which is from this river.
01:10That's extremely unsafe to drink.
01:12This is where your students used to get water from?
01:14Yes.
01:15This is crazy.
01:16You know, students complaining of diarrhea, infections
01:19like typhoid, because this is the water we've been using.
01:22So we try to treat, but you see, look at it.
01:26But at the end of the day, life has to move on.
01:28You have to get some water anyway.
01:30This situation is obviously extremely sad.
01:33These children's lives are being limited
01:35and sometimes cut short from being
01:37forced to drink unsafe water.
01:39But at least for this village, we're
01:41going to put an end to it right now.
01:43I don't think this john's going to fit.
01:46I don't think that.
01:47Let's see if we can find some water.
01:57It is raining.
01:58It's beautiful.
02:00After the water comes out of the ground,
02:02it's fed into enormous barrels like this one.
02:04And once they're built into the water towers,
02:06all of the neighboring villages will not only
02:08have clean drinking water, but a pressurized water source
02:11as well, which in short means no more doing
02:14laundry and unsafe water.
02:16And pull.
02:17On a scale of one to Nolan's mom, how heavy is it?
02:19Nolan's mom times two.
02:21Oh, god.
02:22Dude, I'll push you off of this.
02:25All right, here we go, under control.
02:28We built 20 more wells in Kenya.
02:30And after we were done.
02:32Bro has another well in his.
02:33Don't worry, I have more water in my other shoe.
02:35And just so you know how we built these first 29 wells,
02:38we used this giant drill to dig hundreds of feet
02:40into the ground, past the polluted sources,
02:42and into an enormous aquifer of pure drinkable water.
02:46After that, we spent time installing pipes
02:48so that people all around Africa can access water
02:51from spigots like this one in Nairobi.
02:53Let's see how it tastes.
02:56Like water.
02:57It took me about a minute to fill this five-gallon drum.
03:00How much water can this provide a day?
03:013,600 gallons a day.
03:03Not only will this well cover the 400 kids at this school,
03:06but literally the entire neighborhood and village
03:08around this school can use this well.
03:10You say thank you for the water?
03:12No problem.
03:13This thing can basically pump nonstop for 30 years.
03:17You would think that having an effect of this magnitude
03:19would require the resources and funding of a large government.
03:22But that's not true.
03:23Solving this problem is possible,
03:26and something humanity should all
03:27be putting effort in to fix.
03:29What's the secret of success?
03:31To be honest, just find something you love doing
03:33and do it for a long period, and eventually you'll succeed.
03:36So I'm going to bring it super close.
03:38See us?
03:39Is that cool?
03:40If you look up, it's recording.
03:43All right, well, I'm going to get close.
03:45All right.
03:47Yeah, you can see yourself.
03:48We were also able to install a well for this village,
03:50and this village, and these 12 other villages.
03:53And while we were finishing these wells,
03:55we were also able to update one of their schools
03:57with brand new computers.
03:59How are they liking it?
04:00They really like it.
04:01They like them.
04:01Glad to see it turn out well.
04:03And we also updated the classrooms with new furniture,
04:05installed shelves and filled them with new books,
04:08donated a soccer ball for every student,
04:12and even put modern whiteboards and projectors
04:14in all the classrooms.
04:15Do you guys like the projector?
04:17Yes.
04:18We were using a chalk and then a lot of dust.
04:21But today, everything is clean.
04:23We truly appreciate it.
04:24No problem.
04:24It's the least we can do.
04:25But then when we flew out to the side of the 45th well,
04:28we realized this community had it even harder.
04:30Every time they need to get water,
04:32they need to take a treacherous mile-long hike
04:35through the jungle.
04:35And that mile-long hike also happens
04:37to be on a giant mountain.
04:40I wake up very early, about 4 o'clock,
04:42so that I can fetch water for the school.
04:45We are not safe fetching water here.
04:46That place is very slippery.
04:47Chances of getting an injury is very high.
04:49So while we worked on their well,
04:50the community took me to see how they currently
04:52source their water.
04:53You guys would have to make this trip how many times a day?
04:55Two times.
04:56Two times a day.
04:57Oh, wow.
04:58So a typical student would carry something like this?
05:00Yes.
05:00Oh, god.
05:01If 200 students did this every day, how hard could it be?
05:04It could be very hard.
05:06Oh, oh, boy.
05:08Dang, this is very steep.
05:09We're just walking down this mountain forever.
05:12Every day.
05:13It was actually surprising how difficult this hike was.
05:17And these people go through all of that
05:19just to get to this spigot.
05:21That's water is still unsafe to drink.
05:23This is where you guys get your water from normally?
05:24Yes.
05:25And filled with water, these jugs
05:27can weigh up to 40 pounds, which is
05:29insane for these children to be carrying up this mountain.
05:32The ladies can carry two of those.
05:34Oh, I totally can as well then.
05:36And as soon as these jugs were filled,
05:38it was time to head all the way back up.
05:40Hurry up, let's go.
05:42He's not even sweating or anything.
05:43I got it, I got it.
05:45And now, instead of spending hours a day for unsafe water,
05:49their new well is only 10 feet away from the school.
05:52So they can just fill it up here now.
05:55I'm too tired.
05:56And so we were on our way to the next village
05:58where we built our 46 well, but we ran into a little problem.
06:02We found out that this village is divided in half
06:04by this huge dangerous river.
06:06It may not look like much now, but when the rainy season
06:09comes, the water comes up this high
06:11and literally swallows this bridge.
06:13And why this bridge is such a big deal
06:15is the village is over there.
06:16The hospital and schools are over there.
06:18So they're crossing this bridge multiple times a day.
06:20Despite how dangerous this bridge is,
06:22it's their only option.
06:23This river, when it is swollen, it
06:25can sweep away people, students, or even animals.
06:28In the recent past, we have lost about three people
06:30trying to cross this river.
06:31This loss of life is insane and absolutely unacceptable.
06:35The moment we heard about this, we knew we had to help.
06:38So while we started work on a new bridge that
06:40would let them reach their well, we then
06:42traveled over 2,000 miles from Kenya
06:45to the country of Zimbabwe.
06:46We've been in Africa for over a week,
06:48and we still have a lot more wells to do.
06:50You're going to smell.
06:51I know, it's weird.
06:51I showered this morning.
06:52Wow.
06:53Yeah.
06:53If you let me finish, I can put my arms down.
06:55Can I count on you two to finish these wells with me?
06:57Yes, yes, yes, yes.
06:58First on the agenda was to check out a local hospital that
07:01was in dire need of clean water.
07:03Upon entering, we learned how big of an impact
07:06this clinic had on the village.
07:07How many kids do you guys give birth to a year here?
07:09In a month, about 15.
07:11Two 600 births a year?
07:13Wow.
07:14But unfortunately, the pregnant mothers at this clinic
07:17have to walk over a mile just to get water,
07:19and then carry these heavy buckets all the way back.
07:22However, the good news is we paid
07:24for the construction of a new modern well for them.
07:29All that needed to be done now was to turn it on.
07:32All right, Nolan, are you ready?
07:34I'm ready.
07:35Over.
07:35Let me get a dramatic zoom in.
07:38Nolan, I pressed the button.
07:40Is it working?
07:42It's flowing!
07:43Oh!
07:43That's good.
07:46Do we want to go check it out?
07:47Yes.
07:48Let's do it.
07:50I love how people are immediately just getting water
07:53right now.
07:53This is easily the coolest thing ever.
07:55Nolan here is a professional dancer.
07:57He will join.
07:58How do I always end up dancing?
07:59What is he doing?
08:02Oh, gosh.
08:03All right, I won't make you watch this anymore.
08:05Besides ensuring access to clean water,
08:07a lot of the students at this village lack transportation.
08:10So we decided to give all of them new bicycles.
08:15I know it looks like a lot of kids,
08:17but we bought a lot of bikes.
08:19Full disclosure, I don't know how to ride a bike.
08:21Jimmy only knows how to give away bikes.
08:22Never learned how to ride one.
08:24Let's break in all the new bicycles.
08:263, 2, 1, go!
08:29Everyone's passing me.
08:30Be careful, I don't know how to ride a bike.
08:32I don't want to hit anyone.
08:34You want to ride it?
08:35All right, go for it, little man.
08:36OK.
08:37And after giving away the bikes, we continue building wells
08:40until we reach well number 69.
08:42This solar-powered well is specially
08:44designed to aid the farmers in this village
08:46by providing more than enough water for all
08:49of their crops and livestock, even during the dry season
08:52without any electricity.
08:53Each panel is 200 watts.
08:55Then it's attached to a pump.
08:56That pump can pump 5,000 liters every hour.
08:59Basically, it's unlimited amount of water
09:02for this entire village.
09:03That's incredible.
09:04And after we left Zimbabwe, we wanted
09:06to continue to give water to communities all across Africa.
09:09So we built more wells in Uganda, Somalia, and Cameroon.
09:13If you want to see more of what we did in Cameroon,
09:15there's a whole video about that coming soon
09:17on the Philanthropy channel.
09:18Spending time in these villages really
09:20made me reflect on the importance of building wells,
09:23how it brings water to farms to feed the hungry,
09:25how it provides clean conditions for hospitals,
09:28and most importantly, how it helps
09:29the children of this next generation
09:31live long, healthy lives and build the future
09:34for all of these communities.
09:35I wake a new dawn of clean drinking water.
09:38Water is life.
09:38And with some help from the locals,
09:40we finally finished a new bridge that this community can
09:43use for the next 100 years.
09:45Lives have been saved.
09:46Families will come together.
09:48The worries will be gone.
09:50The 100 wells we built in this video
09:51will change a lot of lives, but not enough,
09:54which is why before you go, I want to urge you all to go
09:56to beastphilanthropy.org slash wells,
09:58or click the link in the description
09:59and donate money if possible.
10:01We're literally not profiting a dime off this video.
10:03100% of the money we raise is going
10:05to go towards building more wells,
10:06like you saw in this video, all around the globe.
10:08I know it's weird that a YouTuber has
10:10to do all this stuff, but someone's got to do it.
10:12And if no one else is, we're going to do it.
10:14As you can tell, it really does change
10:16the lives of the communities where we build them.
10:18And finally, well 100.
10:22Oh my god.
10:23I'm so sorry.
10:24Mr. B6000.