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<your name here>'s Journal

<Michael Liu>'s Journal

Traveling through the underprivileged parts of Honduras was an experience that was completely different from what I had anticipated. What took me by surprise was the impact the children in Hondruas had on me. Before traveling to Honduras I had no personal connection with the work I was doing. I only read about the impacts that AguaClara created in Honduras but i did not truly feel affected by them. After the home stays with various families throughout Honduras I now have faces and personalities I can place my work with. The faces and personalities that are etched deepest in my mind are the faces of the children that met at these home stays by the name of Jorge Luis and Jenny.

Jorge Luis and Jenny were children who lived in the house I stayed at in Atima. Shy at first, they quickly opened up to me and I eventually found myself spending the majority of my time with them. Now I find that I would be heartbroken to know if one of them were to fall severely ill due to lack of clean drinking water. I realize now that clean water is important because contaminated water targets the most vulnerable people in our societies and the ones that are closest to our hearts.

William Maher's Journal

January 11, 2011

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