The Boy Who Counted Ten Steps—and Gave Clean Water to 1.6 Million People

In January 1998, a six-year-old boy sat cross-legged on the carpet of a first-grade classroom in Kemptville, Ontario, listening to a lesson that most of his classmates would forget by recess.

His teacher, Nancy Prest, was talking about water.

About how children in Canada could walk to a sink, twist a faucet, and drink whenever they wanted. About how children in …

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