Thirst

Plot:

Scott Harrison was a successful nightclub promoter, living the high life in New York City. When he was 28 years old, he hit the metaphorical wall, turned his life over to Jesus, and eventually started a nonprofit organization aimed at meeting one of the most pressing issues across the world: lack of clean water. Thirst is Harrison’s memoir chronicling his journey to starting and running the amazing global nonprofit charity: water, which aims to provide access to clean and safe water to people in developing countries.

What I loved most:

Until I read Thirst, I hadn’t realized the magnitude of the problem of lack of access to clean water globally. This book does a great job of balancing out Harrison’s story of starting the nonprofit, and explaining why this organization is so necessary. An estimated 785 million people across the world don’t have access to clean water. They have to spend hours each day walking to collect water… which takes time away from school, earning income, raising a family, and all the other crucial tasks to thrive in life. This is the kind of book that fires you up as you read it, and makes you want to take action and make a real difference in people’s lives.

Read this book if you like:

Seeing a need and meeting it, changing the lives of people around the world, nonprofits, redemption stories, global worldview

Book details:

• Author: Scott Harrison
• Publisher: Currency
• Date of Publication: October 18, 2018
• Interest level: Adult
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