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Every Day This Man Drives Hours In Drought To Provide Water To Thirsty Wild Animals
Meet Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua, aka the water man, who delivers water to the wild animals in dry lands of Kenya’s Tsavo West National Park. The kind fellow, who is a pea farmer in his local village, came up with the idea after seeing the dire effects that global warming is having on Kenya’s land. “We aren’t really receiving rain the way we used to,” he says. “So I started giving animals water because I thought, ‘If I don’t do that, they will die.'”
Mwalua spends a few hours driving every day to fill the dry watering holes with life-saving water. Whenever he shows up with a truck of 3,000 gallons of fresh water, the elephants, buffalo, antelope and zebras come to greet him. “There is completely no water, so the animals are depending on humans,” Mwalua tells The Dodo. “If we don’t help them, they will die.”
“Last night, I found 500 buffalo waiting at the water hole,” he says. “When I arrived they could smell the water… They started drinking water while I was standing there. They get so excited.”
Mwalua’s passion for wildlife inspired a few American women to set up a GoFundMe page for him. The man will continue caring for animals as much as he can.
More info: Facebook | GoFundMe (h/t: thedodo)
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Meet Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua, aka the water man, who delivers water to the wild animals in dry lands of Kenya
He is a pea farmer in his local village who saw the dire effects that global warming is having on Kenya’s wildlife
“We aren’t really receiving rain the way we used to… So I started giving animals water…”
“Because I thought, ‘If I don’t do that, they will die'”
Mwalua spends a few hours driving every day to fill the dry watering holes with life-saving water
Whenever he shows up with a truck of 3,000 gallons of fresh water, the animals come and greet him
“There is completely no water, so the animals are depending on humans”
“Last night, I found 500 buffalo waiting at the water hole… When I arrived they could smell the water”
“They started drinking water while I was standing there. They get so excited”
Mwalua’s passion for wildlife inspired a few American women to set up a GoFundMe page for him
The man will continue caring for animals as much as he can
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Brad Adams 8 years ago
This Kind man is worth more than a thousand bank executives or Donald Phrumps put together.
Angie Brown 8 years ago
You can help,Patrick,here: https://www.gofundme.com/tsavoelephantguardian
Mick and Lee 8 years ago
I'd love to see a video clip of this, to see the animals' reactions. Praise this dear man.
Angie Brown 8 years ago
You can help Patrick here: https://www.gofundme.com/tsavoelephantguardian
Bender 8 years ago
What is disturbing is that Kenya isn't making state-wide efforts to tackle the drought.
Sick Boy 8 years ago
How do you know they don't? How do you know they can?
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Notchimine Mette 8 years ago
This makes me sad. I am glad for the animals, but what about all the others? This man is such a good person.
Gehtdich Nixan 8 years ago
Would be useful to build basins for the water, you just need some concrete, maybe some wire meshes and thats all. Would save a lot of water so he maybe doesn't need to drive every day. Maybe a local building company could help him.
Jazmyn B (Jaz) 8 years ago
Mwalua is an amazing person and everyone should learn from him. This is such a great inspiration
Ana Vernick 8 years ago
from the go fund me page comments by Truman Burbank Patrick is not a healthy man, yet has undertaken so many responsibilities out of the goodness of his heart and receives no pay. He is on dialysis for kidney failure and has to currently take 1 day a week just to make sure he stays healthy. "People with failed or damaged kidneys may have difficulty eliminating waste and unwanted water from the blood. Dialysis is an artificial way of carrying out this process." Man Drives For Hours Everyday To Do The Most Amazing Thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs6LJgbeScg&feature=youtu.be Please support with a donation on gofundme page https://www.gofundme.com/tsavoelephantguardian
Melissa Nunya 8 years ago
Bless this water man. More humans need to take note from people like him 💕
Allison Jennifer 8 years ago
Amazing amazingg person. I hope everyone touched by this shares it so he can continue this selfless work . Boy i wish i could win the lottery
Márk Beregszászi 8 years ago
Great job, but put out a container for the water, most of it seeps into the ground lik this
Sherry Straus 8 years ago
It is stories like this that keep me sane in a world gone mad. This man took matters into his own hands and saved thousands of animals by supplying water, something every living thing needs. He is one of the best types of hero, a real one, not a movie one. Inspiring and heartwarming !!!
Sick Boy 8 years ago
Kenya is south of Ethiopia, just shy of the desert belt, so surely this is neither the first nor the last drought that ever took place there, regardless of what the man says. But now it must be #globalwarming because everybody's talking about it on Twitter.
Jace 8 years ago
Maybe you should look at the statistics to see the trends, instead of being a sarcastic denier. (Oh look, you're in the dictionary for "denier").
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Brian Kemboi 8 years ago
This is my Country Kenya. We are currently in the campaign period for a new president. The government has failed its duties. This is one man that knows politics is a game for the rich and has decided to take a step. Thank you Mwaula.
Brad Adams 8 years ago
This Kind man is worth more than a thousand bank executives or Donald Phrumps put together.
Angie Brown 8 years ago
You can help,Patrick,here: https://www.gofundme.com/tsavoelephantguardian
Mick and Lee 8 years ago
I'd love to see a video clip of this, to see the animals' reactions. Praise this dear man.
Angie Brown 8 years ago
You can help Patrick here: https://www.gofundme.com/tsavoelephantguardian
Bender 8 years ago
What is disturbing is that Kenya isn't making state-wide efforts to tackle the drought.
Sick Boy 8 years ago
How do you know they don't? How do you know they can?
Load More Replies... Notchimine Mette 8 years ago
This makes me sad. I am glad for the animals, but what about all the others? This man is such a good person.
Gehtdich Nixan 8 years ago
Would be useful to build basins for the water, you just need some concrete, maybe some wire meshes and thats all. Would save a lot of water so he maybe doesn't need to drive every day. Maybe a local building company could help him.
Jazmyn B (Jaz) 8 years ago
Mwalua is an amazing person and everyone should learn from him. This is such a great inspiration
Ana Vernick 8 years ago
from the go fund me page comments by Truman Burbank Patrick is not a healthy man, yet has undertaken so many responsibilities out of the goodness of his heart and receives no pay. He is on dialysis for kidney failure and has to currently take 1 day a week just to make sure he stays healthy. "People with failed or damaged kidneys may have difficulty eliminating waste and unwanted water from the blood. Dialysis is an artificial way of carrying out this process." Man Drives For Hours Everyday To Do The Most Amazing Thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs6LJgbeScg&feature=youtu.be Please support with a donation on gofundme page https://www.gofundme.com/tsavoelephantguardian
Melissa Nunya 8 years ago
Bless this water man. More humans need to take note from people like him 💕
Allison Jennifer 8 years ago
Amazing amazingg person. I hope everyone touched by this shares it so he can continue this selfless work . Boy i wish i could win the lottery
Márk Beregszászi 8 years ago
Great job, but put out a container for the water, most of it seeps into the ground lik this
Sherry Straus 8 years ago
It is stories like this that keep me sane in a world gone mad. This man took matters into his own hands and saved thousands of animals by supplying water, something every living thing needs. He is one of the best types of hero, a real one, not a movie one. Inspiring and heartwarming !!!
Sick Boy 8 years ago
Kenya is south of Ethiopia, just shy of the desert belt, so surely this is neither the first nor the last drought that ever took place there, regardless of what the man says. But now it must be #globalwarming because everybody's talking about it on Twitter.
Jace 8 years ago
Maybe you should look at the statistics to see the trends, instead of being a sarcastic denier. (Oh look, you're in the dictionary for "denier").
Load More Replies... Brian Kemboi 8 years ago
This is my Country Kenya. We are currently in the campaign period for a new president. The government has failed its duties. This is one man that knows politics is a game for the rich and has decided to take a step. Thank you Mwaula.
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