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Off Soccer Field, Jozy Altidore’s
Goal Is Clean Water for haiti...
At 19 years
old, he started the Jozy Altidore
Foundation.
One of
Altidore’s dreams for the foundation is to bring clean water to the nearly 5
million Haitians who do not have access, almost half the nation.
“To get
fresh water, clean water in Haiti, it’s very hard,” he said. “They have a lot
of contamination issues. They’re just cut off from fresh water and a lot of
them have to walk miles before they can even reach fresh water.”
His
foundation teamed up with Generosity Water,
donating money to the nonprofit organization that has installed 561 wells
around the globe.
Generosity
Water has 55 projects in Haiti and has committed to doing an additional 20
wells this year.
The first well to be installed with
help from Altidore’s foundation now helps 500 people. And he’s just getting
started.
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