Well, Well… R Dub! Quenches Thirst
We want to congratulate our globetrotting buddy R Dub!, who wears several stylish hats as Director of Programming for XHTZ (Z90) and XHRM (Magic 92.5)/San Diego and as creator, host and producer of internationally syndicated Sunday Night Slow Jams — Dub! just returned from another live-giving trip to Africa with the non-profit Water 4 Kids International, which partnered with listeners, friends and colleagues across the U.S. radio industry to celebrate the construction of a new water well to deliver clean water to Nyakoi Akuoro Village in Northeastern Uganda. Dub! was proud to cut the ribbon to open the new well on behalf of “Slow Jams 4 Kids,” the global charitable initiative he launched earlier this year.
Just 26 hours after “Slow Jams 4 Kids” was launched in January, the fund raised $10,500 from listeners, friends and radio colleagues to provide the village with a water well and clean water. Construction began shortly thereafter. As R Dub! recounted, “On March 30, after traveling over 10,000 miles halfway across the globe, eight hours of driving until the road ended, and then another hour on a dirt trail, the entire village was awaiting our arrival. I was met with a parade, banners, songs, presentations and speeches. The village’s mayor was on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and I had the honor of pumping the well for the first time as hundreds anxiously stood by with their water cans, ready for their first drink. They’ve never had clean water here.”
He continued, “I explained to the hundreds of villagers (with a translator by my side, of course), that this well came from not me, but from YOU — my friends, family, listeners, clients and colleagues, and that you all send the village your love and blessings from the USA. They cheered so loudly!” The best news: “Slow Jams 4 Kids” will fund a new water well every year for needy communities around the world and has already started digging a second well in the Aminit Border village in Uganda. To find out more about how you can help Slow Jams 4 Kids, please visit slowjams4kids.com.
