Vic Mensa (and his dad) are bringing clear water to their homeland.
Born Victor Kwesi Mensah, the Chicago-made rapper and inventive remembers his roots, capitalizing on his success and sources to convey a greater high quality of life for his fellow Ghanaians by way of entry to wash water. Mensa visited his ancestral village alongside his father who was born in Ghana and heads a non-profit referred to as Let Them Drink Water, and bore witness to the group’s extreme water contamination challenge. The pair determined to develop an answer, by constructing a brand new Borehole — a handbook pump which give clear water, however are sadly uncommon throughout Africa. After one profitable borehole that introduced entry to water for tons of of 1000’s, Mensa determined to construct two extra in close by villages.
“We’re constructing 3 Boreholes in several communities in Ghana to supply clear ingesting water; the primary being the Asokore Zongo in Koforidua the place my household lives, which is already constructed. The opposite areas are a close-by group referred to as Efiduase after which our ancestral village within the Volta Area Amedzope,” Mensa mentioned in a press release. “Most individuals in communities like this in Ghana expertise fixed water borne ailments.”
To assist fund the boreholes that may price as much as $15,000 every to construct, Mensa partnered with the Black Star Line Competition going down in Accra Ghana on Jan. 6. The competition will characteristic performances from Mensa, Probability the Rapper, Erykah Badu, T-Ache, Jeremih, Sarkodie, Tobe Nwigwe, Asakaa Boys and M.anifest. “This competition is about connecting Black individuals of the globe,” he instructed TMZ in an interview. “Past all of these colonial boundaries. It’s one thing that has been on my thoughts for a very long time.”
