DDiversity Event

I attended the "Road to Activism/ Traveling Mercies" event. Aldo Magazzeni travels to Afghanistan, Kenya, Haiti, and Mexico building wells and showing people that you can make a difference through community/world service projects. Aldo told a story of when he went to a remote mountain town in Afghanistan, the people there tried to work the system and wanted money for Aldo to recruit them to help build a well system, in their town. Aldo said that many little towns new Traveling Mercies needed volunteers to build the wells, so the towns people ask for money to build the wells. Aldo was shocked because he was giving is money and time to bring these people clean drinking water. Although, when Aldo said he was leaving, the town's people changed their mind. I think what Aldo is very admirable to go into countries that others would not dare to go into and volunteer his time and money to give back to less fortunate people.