The people in the Azawak of West Africa spend their lives in a constant search for water.
The people in the Azawak of West Africa spend their lives in a constant search for water. During the rainy season, they get their water from marshes shared with animals. When these dry up, they travel as far as 35 miles to the nearest deep well. These wells are at least 300 feet deep. The water in them is contaminated. As the dry season progresses, these deep wells dry up. Many of them never reach water.
The people of the Azawak are dying of thirst.
You can help the people of the Azawak.
AMMAN IMMAN: WATER IS LIFE is bringing water to the people of the Azawak by drilling deep and sustainable sources of water.
http://www.waterforniger.org/
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Ariane Kirtley talks about her experience in the Azawak region of Niger, why she started P
Ariane Kirtley talks about her experience in the Azawak region of Niger, why she started Program Amman Imman how students around the world are joining with her to save lives. Ariane spoke at the Montessori Peace Academy conference in November, 2006. All photos courtesy of Ariane Kirtley.
Find out more about Amman Imman at http://www.waterforniger.org/.
Find out how students are helping at http://montessori-amman-imman-project.blogspot.com/
Background music by Tinariwen.
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This musical and photographic slide show is a tribute to the people of the Azawak of West
This musical and photographic slide show is a tribute to the people of the Azawak of West Africa whose courage, determination, and love of life, despite their daily struggle to find water, has inspired students around the world, ages 3 and up, to become change-makers.
The song, written by Andrew Kutt, director of the Oneness-Family School, salutes the efforts of students who have partnered with Amman Imman, the only humanitarian organization working to bring water to this abandoned region where people are daily dying of thirst. Inspired by the work of Ariane Kirtley, founder and director of Amman Imman, students are organizing fund raising events and making presentations to let the world know about the desperate situation the people of the Azawak face on a daily basis.
In his dedication of the song, Andrew articulated the student response to Ariane's example of taking action toward a situation that begged a response. He said, "Ariane is living proof that a single person, who is true to her highest self and holds fast to her deepest aspiration, can indeed change the world."
In July, 2007, the first Amman Imman borehole became fully operational. People in Tangarwashane, one small village in the vast Azawak valley, no longer have to travel 35 miles a day in search of water. Many more boreholes are needed to serve the needs of the 500,000 people in the Azawak.
Photographs in the video are courtesy of Ariane Kirtley, Denis Gontero, Montessori schools around the world who are building a Well of Love,and the Internet.
Please help by volunteering or donating:
www.waterforniger.org
montessori-amman-imman-project.blogspot.com
May the Water Flow (for the people of the Azawak)
words and music by Andrew Kutt
www.onenessfamilyschool.org
I've been walking for miles and miles
Along this dusty road beneath a blazing sky
Searching for sustenance
So our children will not die.
I've been waiting for years and years
in this desert for some kind of hope
Praying to the Gods above
That our people can have a fertile home.
May the water flow all over our land
May the children smile again
May the Gods above answer all our prayers
And may the world begin to care
There is so much we have to teach
But love is just outside our reach
There is so much we want to learn
But first this chapter has to turn.
Now children from a distant land
Have helped us dig beneath the sand
Water can now flow to us
And to our animals from the Well of Love.
With new friendships and new strength
Our women can work alongside our men
Start anew to use our tools
Build new roads, home and schools.
May the water flow all over our land
May the children smile again
May the Gods above answer all our prayers
And may the world begin to care
There is so much we have to teach
But love is just outside our reach
There is so much we want to learn
But first this chapter has to turn.
I had a dream that children of all races
Were dancing in the rain
And the deserts of the world
Were filled with flowers and with grain.
And I know that the wisdom of all the ancient ones will guide our way
Brothers and sisters hand in hand
to build a greener day.
May the water flow all over our land
May the children smile again
May the Gods above answer all our prayers
And may the world begin to care
There is so much we have to teach
But love is just outside our reach
There is so much we want to learn
But first this chapter has to turn.
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Ariane Kirtley, founder and director of Program Amman Imman (http://www.waterforniger.org/
Ariane Kirtley, founder and director of Program Amman Imman (http://www.waterforniger.org/), introduces the project. Amman Imman means Water is Life. Program Amman Imman is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of the people living in the Azawak valley of West Africa.
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Ariane Kirtley talks to students about how they can be Heroes of Compassion for the childr
Ariane Kirtley talks to students about how they can be Heroes of Compassion for the children in the Azawak of West Africa.
Find out what Amman Imman is doing to bring water to Niger at http://www.waterforniger.org/.
Learn about how students around the world are helping at http://montessori-amman-imman-project.blogspot.com/
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In Oct,2006, Ariane Kirtley, director of Amman Imman, spoke to the children and teachers a
In Oct,2006, Ariane Kirtley, director of Amman Imman, spoke to the children and teachers at the Oneness-Family School in Chevy Chase, MD. Her plea for help for the people of the Azawak of Niger, West Africa heralded a call to action that has reached students and schools around the world. Listen to Ariane speak and feel her passion. http://www.waterforniger.org/
http://montessori-amman-imman-project.blogspot.com/
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Development organization AMMAN IMMAN: WATER IS LIFE builds permanent sources of water in t
Development organization AMMAN IMMAN: WATER IS LIFE builds permanent sources of water in the Azawak of West Africa. The Azawak, home to half a million people, suffers from water scarcity. During the rainy season, which lasts only between one and three months, people drink from marshes. When these dry up, they have to travel long distances to find water.
People are dying, not just from drinking dirty water, but because they have no water to drink.
You can help the people of the Azawak.
This film tells the story of the people of the Azawak, depicting their struggle to obtain water. The film shows how their quality of life depends of the mercy of the environment; whether they live or die depends on the rain. With a shorter and shorter rainy season, finding water becomes more and more difficult. More and more people are dying.
This is a story that development organization Amman Imman: Water is Life intends to change by constructing water sources that meet the people's basic needs.
http://www.waterforniger.org/
http://montessori-amman-imman-project.blogspot.com/
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