My Nonprofit Reviews

Choice Humanitarian changed my life. I went on an expedition with them in 2006 to Bolivia and Peru. Bolivia sits on an elevated desert plateau more than 14,000 feet above sea level and the people are the poorest in South America. Literally living in houses made of hardened mud, the villages didn't have access to running water. Our group dug wells for clean water, and then trenched and piped the water directly to the villagers. Water is life, and this has dramatically changed their quality of life.

However, the most profound effect was the change I saw in myself. I realized how much I have (being raised in the U.S.) and how little others have. It ignited within me a desire to help, serve, and give myself to others. 13 years later this desire still burns bright.