Thirst Among Equals

Concern’s Tadhg O’Sullivan with 5 litres of water, the daily allowance for over one billion people

Kevin Jenkinson writes:

If you happen to see people carrying large containers of water around with them over the next few months, chances are they are taking part in a new contest launched today by aid agency Concern called ‘World Champions’.

One of several “missions” that teams will be given includes having to spend a day hauling around up to 5 litres of water that they must use for all their needs, such as cooking, cleaning and drinking.

Points are won and put on a leader board here and teams also win points by posting updates of their challenges online and by fundraising.

There is also a challenge called ‘survive on five’ that involves individual team members each having to live on €5 worth of food over five days.

This mission will see teams getting a glimpse of a reality that is faced by over one billion people around the world currently trying to survive on less than €1 a day.

The team with the most points by April 30 and who raise a minimum of €3,000 will win a trip to one of the 27 countries where Concern works this summer when they will meet some of the people living in extreme poverty, who are benefitting from the donations the aid agency receives from the public.

Registrations can be made by emailing worldchampions@concern.net.

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14 thoughts on “Thirst Among Equals”

Happy Molloy January 16, 2017 at 4:01 pm

already paid

ironcorona January 16, 2017 at 4:07 pm

People are showing off in what way now?

I bet I can flog myself harder and more publicly then them.

Rowsdower January 16, 2017 at 4:20 pm

Virtue Signalling
1. ironcorona January 16, 2017 at 4:30 pm
  
  Perfect description.
  
  I didn’t know there was a term for it.

Spaghetti Hoop January 16, 2017 at 4:13 pm

Sounds like an RTE reality show.

Daddy January 16, 2017 at 4:37 pm

Is that 5 litres in a larger container?

Increasing Displacement January 16, 2017 at 4:39 pm

“€5 worth of food over five days”
Does this account for the stupid price of things here?
Cause if it does Im thinkin a double quarter pounder cut into 5 pieces

Robert January 17, 2017 at 8:49 am

Yes it does. It’s called “parity pricing”.
1. Robert January 17, 2017 at 8:52 am
  
  basically it means for bread for instance, a loaf of bread is a loaf of bread no matter where you buy it. So if it costs €2, even if it costs 50c in a poorer country, it’s said to cost €2 PPP