"The
Kenya
Water
Project"
and
faith.
iReport
—
This
interview
is
with
Don
Ryder,
the
recipient
of
the
National
Peace
Award
for
2009.
We
talked
with
Don
on
November
7,
2009,
about
the
Kenya
Water
Project.
Past
recipients
are
Mother
Teresa,
Martin
Luther
King
Jr,
and
Pope
John
Paul
II. To
see
this
project
please
visit
http://www.youtu be.com/user/EwuasoKedong. The
villagers
of
Saikeri,
Kenya,
are
in
need
of
the
world’s
attention.
One
man
shows
how
he
believed
he
could
make
a
difference.
His
name
is
Don
Ryder
from
Wausau,
Wisconsin. These
photos
are
of
the
Massai
tribe
in
east
Africa.
The
warriors
are
showing
up
to
meet
in
what
was
later
named
the
“Kenya
Water
Project”
volunteers.
What
happened
then
was
a
face-off.
A
signal
was
made
that
is
understood
across
our
universe…a
simple
smile.
Love
had
arrived
and
it
had
no
gun
strapped
to
its
side. We
all
are
exceptional
in
some
way.
We
are
all
great
in
special
ways.
There
is
something,
in
each
of
us,
that
comes
alive
when
we
are
experiencing
this.
It
can
be
as
simple
as
being
exceptional
at
what
we
do
to
feed
our
families
and
ourselves.
A
factory
worker
who
spent
the
day
sweating
and
lifting
material
knows
this
feeling
at
the
end
of
their
day.
They
have
pride
in
looking
at
the
bigger
picture
of
the
day’s
work.
They
think
about
the
clothing
and
food
that
can
be
bought,
and
feels
the
relief
of
knowing
a
family
member
can
now
get
eyeglasses.
They
are
great
to
the
small
son
or
daughter
who
is
waiting
to
greet
them
at
home. What
we
do,
as
people,
with
these
gifts
will
be
how
we
will
be
remembered.
We
can
see
these
gifts
or
we
can
choose
a
life
which
brings
pain
to
others
in
which
case
we
will
be
remembered
for
something
representing
evil.
We
see
this
everyday
across
the
globe. Don
believed
in
his
heart
that
he
could
help
feed
the
thirsty
in
an
area
of
the
world
which
is
the
village
of
Saikeri,
Kenya.
He
had
been
living
his
life
in
the
middle
of
North
America,…in
the
middle
of
another
continent.
His
vision
to
bring
water
to
the
thirsty
knew
no
ma...
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