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This is the boy who quenched the thirst of half a million Africans.

His name is Ryan Hreljac and he was born in Canada in May 1991. When he was a child, just six years old, his teacher told the class about how children live in Africa. Deeply moved by the fact that some even die of thirst while he could simply go to the tap and drink clean water Ryan asked the teacher how much it would cost to bring water to Africa. She mentioned an organization called “WaterCan,” which could build wells for about $70.

When he got home, he went straight to his mother, Susan, and told her he needed $70 to buy a well for African children. His mother told him he would have to earn the money through hard work and gave him chores that allowed Ryan to earn a few dollars each week.

Eventually, he saved up the $70 and went to WaterCan, where they told him the actual cost of drilling a well was $2,000. Susan made it clear she couldn’t give him all that money, but Ryan didn’t give up—he promised he would come back with the full $2,000.

He continued doing chores around the neighborhood to raise money, inspiring his brothers, neighbors, and friends to join in and help until they raised the necessary funds. In January 1999, the well was drilled in a village in northern Uganda.

Once the well was ready, Ryan’s school started to help, and they established contact with the school near the well. That’s how Ryan met Akana, a boy who fought to go to school every day. Ryan was so moved that he asked his parents to take him to meet Akana. In 2000, he arrived in the village, where hundreds of people greeted him, forming a corridor and chanting his name.

“They even know my name?” Ryan asked the guide, surprised.

“Everyone within 100 kilometers knows,” the guide replied.

Today, Ryan is 33 years old, runs his own foundation, and has brought over 400 wells to Africa. He is also responsible for providing education and teaching locals how to take care of the wells and manage water.

While we go through so many meaningless things, nothing is more righteous than paying tribute to a true hero.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6LNsP75pZE?si=mpAl3MrxqHSDdkrq

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This is the same white people that they said took black people as slaves. Big lie. The white man came to save black people from other black people

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A ridiculous post like this that promotes the stereotypes of African as backward, drought striken and incapable of helping itself should not be on the front page. All it has done is to paint the white man as the saviour of the black race.

Wow very Good one from him thanks .

We need more people like him in this world

And Tinubi couldn't even build a well in his hometown, Iragbiji.

Things like this makes me feel ashamed for my people. We always will wait for outsiders to help us...and notice how they lumped Africa as one in the headline. Forgetting that there are many countries and nationalities in Africa. Till date, some people in the west believe that Africa is one big village. That's why no matter the air of superiority you put on here, outside the shores of Nigeria, we are all counted as one.

God bless this man. Water is life. What he has done cannot be forgotten for a long, long time.

Humanity still exist.

I guess the African country's got no president/leader. SMH.

Shame on all bad African leaders.

They failed to realise that, all you need is to provide basic amenities (water, road, electricity) and food for your citizens at a highly subsidized rate.

I've spent some years outside Africa and what I know is, basic amenities and food are very easy to get, while others are secondary. Reverse is the case in Africa, where we still celebrate roads in 2025. It's really shameful

Beninwitch:
A ridiculous post like this that promotes the stereotypes of African as backward, drought striken and incapable of helping itself should not be on the front page. All it has done is to paint the white man as the saviour of the black race.

most Africans countries are backward. In Nigeria for example its 2025 and there is no public water system. Many stereotypes are truths

Negative stereotyping. Africa don suffer. Abi na curse?

omoredia:
This is the same white people that they said took black people as slaves. Big lie. The white man came to save black people from other black people

Where are his Wells located in Nigeria?! Do you know them?!

The whole story is not different from telling us that Mongo Park discovered River Niger, when people have been existing peacefully enjoying life there before Mongo's great, great great grand parents were born.

So, Africans have not been drinking waters before now. If Ryan Hreljac has made any reasonable impact Africans would have been celebrating him. But he is so unknown.

Morbeta11:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6LNsP75pZE?si=mpAl3MrxqHSDdkrq

What do you mean brought well to Africans. Be specific about the Africans he brought wells to

This is the nonsense western media spread. We have our own wells in Africa

That is humanity in action. This life is not worth living unless it is lived for others. God bless you Ryan for touching lives through the provision of these basic amenities

factwriter:
God bless this man. Water is life. What he has done cannot be forgotten for a long, long time.

Humanity still exist.

It shall never be well with you with this comment.

Mention the well the white man brought to your fathers in the village

I doff my cap champ. Only if he knows that greediness and corruption from the government is the major reason for lack of essential amenities in Africa.

omoredia:
This is the same white people that they said took black people as slaves. Big lie. The white man came to save black people from other black people

So after carting away the best of the African workforce, taking away their resource base, etc, they have now come to save us? Who developed irrigation technology?

Good boy. A. Example of A genius. God bless him

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More Americans and foreigners have done life-changing and meaningful things for Africans than wealthy Africans living in Africa.


An average wealthy Senator or politician is not moved about whether the people living in his backyard have basics.


They all stay in mega cities until it's time for elections, then come back to buy votes.

Only the igb….could possibly birth a child with such compassion and empathy anywhere across Africa and Nigeria in particular. Not the others that have entrenched fraud and criminality into the fabrics of their culture and society to the extent it appears a major requirement to be a king or political leader in their society is evidence of past fraud dealings, especially credit cards fraud, BEC or investment fraud.

this is the most ridiculous post ever, no wonder, they think we dont build wells or dont have the iq to build one

Many nigerians do build wells not well but boreholes for people in their communities and it does not make news

when a pink man does it, it becomes news and then they create a narrative of saving africans

the narative is framed in a way like we africans can not do anything without the pink man.

i see some people praising the man but they dont understand the damages, this type of narraitives is pushing.

i no believe the story. they should write the african version

Even our government cannot provide common drinking water for d masses.

Quite commendable from a boy of that age..

At six, he was already earning and saving for a just course. Really impressive.

This is not good at all.

The world have moved past this beggarly and miserly disposition by Africans.

Take charge of your destiny and hold your leaders to account.

Kinds heart not base on only race or skins, likewise wickedness not base on one race

Good one in every race good people exist but the difference is the number of good black people are very few and majority are selfish and greedy...that why someone can have billions in his acct but his brother is suffering poverty...imagine Uganda have government oooo ,that might be borrowing money for one project or the other, converting it to private pockets, while their citizens is without decent drinking water....

stagger:
So after carting away the best of the African workforce, taking away their resource base, etc, they have now come to save us? Who developed irrigation technology?

It seems u are forgetting that there is something called japa it is very identical to the slave ships.

omoredia:
This is the same white people that they said took black people as slaves. Big lie. The white man came to save black people from other black people

What can I say,you saved people by taking thier valuables right??

Itiskdg121:
I guess the African country's got no president/leader. SMH.

Shame on all bad African leaders.

They failed to realise that, all you need is to provide basic amenities (water, road, electricity) and food for your citizens at a highly subsidized rate.

I've spent some years outside Africa and what I know is, basic amenities and food are very easy to get, while others are secondary. Reverse is the case in NIGERIA, where we still celebrate roads in 2025. It's really shameful

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