Micah Corps at the Children's Annual Conference

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At this year’s annual conference the Micah Corps had the unique opportunity to have a discussion with the United Methodist Children’s Annual Conference. The interns talked to the kids about the problem of access to water and safe drinking water throughout the globe. Furthermore, the interns had the kids play a game whereby they had to carry the water a short distance. This is because millions of people, mostly girls, must carry buckets of water for miles. In addition, the interns talked about how much water the USA uses versus Africa, as well as the fact that one billion people (or one in six) struggle to find safe water every day. The United Methodist Church is working to solve this problem through the Millennium Development Goals, which specifically aim to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015. Also, the goals focus on environmental sustainability. In the video you will notice some part time work on behalf of the Micah Corps in the form of a child videographer! Overall, the Micah Corps was extremely happy to get in touch with Nebraska kids about such a pertinent issue.