Inner Journey With Greg Friedman

Inner Journey with Greg Friedman and Guests Colter, Charlotte and Ellie from Walking for Water and 20 Miles a Glass

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Colter Johnson, director of "20 Miles a Glass" and Ellie and Charlotte from Laguna Beach High School's "Walking for Water" join Greg to explore ways of getting water to those desperately in need. If you grew up in the United States it's hard to imagine a world where water does not appear at the turn of a faucet. With a few rare exceptions, in our modern society we have access to clean, usable water wherever and whenever we want. I'd always known that not everyone around the world enjoyed our open level of access to water, but I never knew the details until I sat down with my friend Sobonfu Somè. Sobonfu was born to a small village in rural Burkina Faso, one of the most remote regions on the African continent. Bordering the Sahara desert to the north, Sobonfu's village had extremely limited access to water. She told me her stories as a young woman growing up in this unforgiving region, stories like walking all day for a single jug of unsanitary water. At times they would walk all day, only to find that the