{"id":102376,"date":"2020-03-27T10:51:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T14:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/?p=102376"},"modified":"2024-01-23T09:10:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T14:10:28","slug":"note-from-our-founder-about-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/2020\/03\/27\/note-from-our-founder-about-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Note from our Founder about COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dear Friend,<\/p>\n

Thanks for letting me connect with you directly during this uncertain time. First, I hope this note finds you and your family healthy and safe. Many of you are no doubt facing the same types of impact we are, whether they\u2019re financial, job-related, or simply the loss of daily interaction with those you care about.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard for us at The Water Project too. We\u2019re built on relationship, so missing out on even the mundane routines of office life, as we all work from home, is a big loss. The impact on our work, while well-managed today, brings some anxiety too. So…please know we are in this with you. We understand and offer whatever we can to support and encourage you.<\/p>\n

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I also want you to know that in the midst of all of this,\u00a0we\u2019re doing what we do!\u00a0<\/strong>In a world turned upside down – when everyone is wondering what tomorrow holds – we find ourselves walking into exactly the same work we\u2019ve always done. It’s work that is crucial to helping fight back the scourge of sickness, to bring the world back to some kind of normal, and then on to flourishing again. I believe that captures the challenge we are well prepared for.<\/p>\n

The whole world is focused on clean hands. That\u2019s what we do!<\/p>\n

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It’s also what we’ve done\u00a0in the midst of another crisis.\u00a0I think immediately of our team\u00a0in Sierra Leone, who many of you have supported. They walked this very hard road before, caring for their communities in the midst of the Ebola crisis a few years ago.<\/p>\n

Like today, it meant teaching health and hygiene to communities not yet affected. It also meant celebrating as the first local medical clinic began caring for the sick, thanks to a water point they had brought back to life! It meant persevering through the crisis together with friends, co-workers, and family, and then again celebrating as the last patient left that same clinic as life returned to \u2018normal.\u2019<\/p>\n

We’re looking forward to that same celebration in a few months.\u00a0We\u2019ll see the marks of hard work on our hands and faces. We\u2019ll be tired. There might be scars. But we will also understand what it really means to have been in the right place, at the right time, doing the right work.<\/p>\n

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We will emerge from this stronger as we go through it together. So, I invite you to come a bit closer, with\u00a0us. You have an important seat at our table. We need your voice, your compassion, and your energy.<\/p>\n

\"\"You are critical to helping\u00a0The Water Project continue\u00a0our work in earnest. Our teams on the ground are on the front lines right now. Local governments have tapped them to lead life-saving education efforts. And our repair teams are delivering essential services\u00a0to keep water flowing in the vulnerable communities we serve.<\/p>\n

The novel coronavirus respects no boundaries and so we\u2019re doubling our efforts to best prepare our neighbors to keep it away. Clean hands require soap AND water and we\u2019re able to help keep both available. I\u2019ll continue to update you about the details of our work and welcome you to\u00a0read more about our current response to COVID-19 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Be safe, be healthy, and know we\u2019re in this together.<\/p>\n

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Peter Chasse
\nPresident & Founder
\nThe Water Project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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