The Life You Can Save – a book review

I drink a lot of water. I drink so much water during the week that when I’m home on the weekends and forget to drink water, I often feel dehydrated. I could not imagine not having clean drinking water. Can you?

The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer, was a whim of a book I picked up while getting new books at the library with my kids. It grabbed my attention with the title and that a small child stands in the place of where the “i” is in life. I had to know just how I could save a life… Turns out we can save a lot of lifes and clean water is just one of the ways to do so. Poverty, as defined as an income of $1.25 a day by the World Bank, is a line that has 1.4 billion people under it. That is a number I was astonished to learn. We’re talking billions… that’s with a ”b”.

So I won’t go on and on about this book. I know just becuase I do all that volunteer stuff doesn’t mean everyone reading this blog shares in my cares. That being said, take a look at this website that allows you to help provide clean water around the world. It’s called Charity Water, and if you don’t believe in the clean water cause, take a look for the design. It’s well done and worth the visit.