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Redemption with charity founder Scott Harrison

2024/2/27
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Scott Harrison: 我的人生经历了三个阶段：童年渴望行医帮助他人；青年时期沉迷享乐，生活放荡；成年后在西非从事志愿者工作，目睹当地医疗资源匮乏和疾病问题，这促使我创办Charity: Water，致力于解决全球水危机。在非洲的志愿者经历中，我亲眼目睹了因缺乏清洁饮用水而导致的疾病和死亡，这深深触动了我，也让我意识到解决水资源问题的重要性。Charity: Water的运作模式是100%的公众捐款都直接用于修建水井，并通过技术手段追踪捐款去向，提高透明度，以此来回应公众对慈善机构的质疑和担忧。我们通过‘捐赠生日’等活动，鼓励人们以行动参与慈善，让更多人感受到服务的喜悦。 主持人: Scott Harrison 的故事是一个从放纵自我的生活转变为奉献服务生活的励志故事。他创立的Charity: Water，以其独特的捐赠模式和透明的运作方式，在慈善领域独树一帜，100%的公众捐款都直接用于项目，并通过技术手段追踪捐款去向，极大地提升了公众的信任度。‘捐赠生日’活动更是鼓励人们以行动参与慈善，将慈善的理念融入到日常生活中。

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Scott Harrison's life took a dramatic turn after a decade of living a decadent and selfish life as a nightclub promoter. A health scare and a realization of his morally bankrupt state led him to seek a path of service and redemption.

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The thrills of pleasure-seeking don't last long before we need even more. And when the excitement isn't enough, what is?

Scott Harrison's life as an elite nightclub promoter was an unending cycle of drinking, drugs, models, and fast cars. After ten years, his vices caught up with him, and a health scare forced him to reflect on his life.

Scott felt decadent, wasteful, and morally bankrupt. He decided to completely reverse course. Scott spent the next 2 years in West Africa on board a nonprofit hospital ship, where he saw a level of human suffering that led him to his true calling.

Today, solving the global water crisis is Scott's life's work, and he's built one of the most trusted nonprofits in the world to do just that. His organization charity: water has raised over $750 million, helping more than 17.4 million people access clean drinking water.

Scott shares with me the painful road that led to his transformation and why living a life of service can be a path toward redemption.

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  If you would like to help solve the global water crisis, visit: charitywater.org)   For more on Scott, check out:

his book Thirst)

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