Wine to Water: A Bartender's Quest To Bring Clean Water to the World by Doc Hendley

Hendley, Doc. Wine to Water: A Bartender's Quest To Bring Clean Water to the World. Avery: Penguin Group. Jan. 2012. 304p. ISBN 9781583334621. $26. CURRENT EVENTS/PHILANTROPY

Back in 2004, small-town bartender Hendley held several wine tastings to raise funds for clean-water projects. Instead of working through traditional channels, he ended up bringing the proceeds directly to Darfur, where he saw how Janjaweed terrorists effected genocide by shooting up or contaminating water sources. Without enough money to build new wells, he decided to launch a program that helps locals in places as diverse as Darfur, Cambodia, and Haiti repair and maintain their water-containment systems. It's always good to hear about one individual making a difference, and the example of Darfur—not to mention the quiet urgency of the freshwater crisis, still under-addressed—makes this an especially interesting and affecting choice.

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