Recently, MrBeast has continued to carry out his charity projects by building 100 wells in Africa, bringing clean water to more than 500,000 people in Cameroon, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda and Zimbabwe. A fundraiser was also held at the same time to support local aid organizations. As of the morning of November 6, the amount of money raised has reached more than 300,000 USD (about 7.3 billion VND).
This action has helped MrBeast continue to receive compliments from the online community for his efforts to bring a better future to people facing many difficulties in life.
Besides the compliments, MrBeast’s efforts also caused a lot of controversy
According to MrBeast’s share in the video, people here have to regularly use unsafe water from the nearby river, leading to diarrhea and typhoid fever, a life-threatening bacterial infection. .
Not only bringing clean water to Africa, MrBeast also donated supplies to schools in Kenya, such as new furniture, footballs, computers, whiteboards, projectors and donated bicycles to a village in Zimbabwe. to help children go to school. He even built a bridge across the river to connect the village with the local school and hospital.
MrBeast’s efforts have continued to receive a rain of compliments from the online community. But contrary to the extremely positive feedback from the Internet, this action of the ‘King of Youtube’ was met with a lot of skepticism and concern from some famous social activists.
On the contrary, Saran Kaba Jones, founder and CEO of FACE Africa points out that “the issue is sustainability. It’s one thing to go install a well, it’s another thing for us to come back in three, four or five years and see if that well is still usable.”
