About the Book:
The captivating story of an ordinary bartender who’s changing the world through clean water.
Doc Hendley never set out to be a hero. In 2004, Hendley-a small- town bartender- launched a series of wine-tasting events to raise funds for clean-water projects and to bring awareness to the world’s freshwater crisis. He planned to donate the proceeds through traditional channels, but instead found himself traveling to one of the world’s most dangerous hot spots: Darfur, Sudan.
There, Doc witnessed a government-sponsored genocide where the number-one weapon wasn’t bullets-it was water. The Janjaweed terrorists had figured out that shooting up a bladder containing 10,000 liters of water, or dumping rotting corpses into a primary water source is remarkably efficient for the purposes of mass extermination. With limited funds, Doc realized that he couldn’t build new wells costing $10,000 a pop, but he could hire local workers to restore a damaged well for a mere $50 each. He’d found his mission. Today, Doc and Wine to Water continue to help stricken peoples repair and maintain water- containment systems in places like Darfur, Cambodia, Uganda, and Haiti.
Doc is a regular, rough-and-tumble guy who loves booze, music, and his Harley- but he also wanted to help. Wine to Water is a gripping story about braving tribal warfare and natural disasters and encountering fascinating characters in far-flung regions of the world. It is also an authoritative account of a global crisis and an inspirational tale that proves how ordinary people can improve the world.
About the Author:
Doc is the Founder and President of Wine To Water, a non-profit aid organization founded in 2007 focused on providing clean water to people in need around the world. Hendley was a top-10 finalist for CNN’s 2009 Hero of the Year and was featured on AC 360 with Anderson Cooper during the Haiti earthquake coverage as he was in Port-au-Prince providing and installing clean water filters for Haitian orphanages. He is an avid public speaker with many major speaking engagements lined up for the coming year.
Doc lives in Boone, NC with his wife and two children. Balancing family life and the demands of building Wine To Water, Doc Hendley continues to travel to underdeveloped, war-ridden nations, working in the field bringing clean water to those in need and also traveling and speaking around the country to raise awareness and advocacy for the worlds water crisis.
Connect with Doc on the Wine to Water website, winetowater.org, the Wine to Water Facebook page, and on Twitter @DocHendley or @winetowater.
My Opinion:
This is a very uplifting story of what one person can do when they see a need and put everything they have into filling it. Doc Hendley is the son of a minister but did not immediately follow his father into a ministry. He struggled along in his life working as a bartender in various small, seedy bars. Stumbling into the career he found he had a knack for fixing drinks and for listening.
He learned about the horrors going on in Darfur and felt a calling to do something - but what did he know. He knew wine. So he held a series of wine tastings raising more money than he thought he could. He wanted that money to go directly where it was needed - he didn't want it to get caught up in bureaucratic paperwork so he educated himself and he went to the source, Darfur and learned that a lack clean water was used as a weapon.
He set up his own non-profit and started helping those in the most need acquire the most basic of requirements - water. He found himself on the wrong end of the Janjaweed many a time but still he fought to bring clean water to those who needed it.
The book is very inspiring and while the writing sometimes fails to convey either the necessary suspense or feeling it was still a most compelling tale. Doc Hendley obviously found himself in his project and his passion comes through. He never thought that one person could make a significant change but lo and behold - he did. It is certainly a book worth reading; it will inspire you.
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Disclosure: I received a copy of Wine to Water from TLC Book Tours. Any opinions expressed are my honest opinions and were not impacted by my receipt of the free book. I received no monetary compensation for this post.
9 comments:
I had not heard of Wine to Water before this post. Sounds very inspiring! Thank you for the review.
I have not heard of the book before, but I am EXTREMELY intrigued about the content. I love the premise of the story and would truly enjoy reading this!!!
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I love reading books that inspire me! Thanks for being part of the tour.
I had never heard of this before, but it sounds very interesting & inspiring!
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