Friday, September 4, 2009 (DAILY GRAPHIC - CENTRE SPREAD)
AN 18-year-old American national, Mr Cameron Murray, has embarked on a project to provide clean drinking water for inhabitants of Mo and surrounding villages in northern Ghana.
He has so far raised more than $8,000 to drill new boreholes, as well as repairing four additional boreholes which had broken down for more than three years.
Mr Murray, founder of Rock For Reason, told the Daily Graphic that he was touched when he realised that many inhabitants of Mo were without potable water and he, therefore, began the project in order to provide potable water to thousands of inhabitants.
According to him, he decided to turn things around when he went back home to Seattle, Washington State in the United States of America (USA) and began organising concerts to raise money for the project.
“I began my pursuit to put smiles on the faces of these inhabitants by organising local concerts in Maple Valley to raise funds to drill boreholes for the people of Mo and surrounding villages,” Mr Murray, the son of the Head Pastor of Real Life Church, Maple Valley, Seattle, pointed out.
Mr Murray’s plan included producing benefit concerts featuring local up-and-coming bands and in the process raised money through the sale of tickets, T-shirts, and snacks.
According to him, he managed to recruit the youth who believed in his vision to help carry out the mission to provide potable water at Mo and surrounding villages.
Mr Cameron said it all began when his dad, Pastor Murray, took him on a mission trip to Mo where they visited many communities that were without clean water and also saw many women and children travel hundreds of miles to have access to water.
“I was moved by what I witnessed and decided to make a difference in their lives,” Mr Murray stated.
Back home, Mr Murray accordingly organised teenagers at Maple Valley, showed pictures of the source of drinking water of the people of Mo and raised funds in the process.
Mr Murray raised enough funds and visited Mo last month with more than eight of his colleagues in pursuit of the project.
They have since left for Seattle to raise more funds.
He has currently set up a website with address: rockforreason.com to solicit support of any form from public-spirited individuals and organisations.
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