Aqil Rashid: Founder of 1 Well 700 Lives Initiative
Three years ago, 13-year-old Aqil Rashid could have bought a Playstation or an Xbox with the money he received as gifts for Eid. But then he heard his father talking about how thousands of people in Afghanistan did not have access to clean drinking water and had to spend hours walking to wells to fetch water for their families. He was moved and decided to use his Eid money for a noble cause.
“I couldn’t believe that children in Afghanistan were losing out on their precious childhood and missing school only because they lacked access to a basic amenity, while I could simply open a tap anywhere at home and get clean water,” Aqil says.
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