There’s a piece in The Canadian Press that’s well worth reading. Here are the first few paragraphs:
Jasmine Romkey’s hands were so stiff after carrying 20 litres of water around a Halifax parking lot for a kilometre, the university student said she could barely open them.
But Romkey, 21, said her experience Saturday was nothing compared to what some women in impoverished countries must do to access water that’s often polluted.
“It’s not even close to the same because they carry way more,” said Romkey after taking part in the launch of an anti-poverty campaign at the University of King’s College.
“This is a daily thing they have to go through, and it’s a reality that we just don’t think of. I couldn’t imagine doing it every day.”
The campaign, led Oxfam Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, focuses on the lack of public services in impoverished countries.
Other activities are planned across Canada in the upcoming weeks.
Read it all here.
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