Jaden is an idiot. The machine will never produce its own cost in water. Spencer, Flint didn’t make that decision a incompetent political appointee did. They switched back years ago but your right the pipes are and always have been the issue. This isn’t a Flint thing it’s everywhere around the country.
@@timrosencrans7955 So instead of waiting on them to fix it they took action and are trying to do something about it. Yet their stupid for trying to help Flint with a temporary solution........ At least its better than doing nothing smh........
1 1 it’s been fixed for a long time. They are what the doctors involved call "part of the problem”. They have done nothing to help and have distracted people from the real problems poverty and industrial pollution. How many people seeing this would realize very little of the lead levels found in Flint youth come from the water crisis.
@@highlightlion2132 You are aware that this takes A LOT of time to fix that much pipe. It cant be done over night, they have been working on it FOR YEARS. And with a little reading, you wold find that the project is set to be done this year. But since you most likely blindly follow CNN, you can't form your own opinion, but hey ORANGE MAN BAD!!!!
HighlightLion stop blaming trying to blame everything on the president how about you do a little research and grow and have knowledge with out speaking first “think before you speak”
They have had to replace 40 miles of water pipe work under ground. That shit dosnt happen overnight! Takes workmen 2 weeks to replace a single pipe in a single road
In my opinion, I think that Mayor should be forced to drink water from someone else's house. Anywhere else in America, you can go to any house and drink water from the tap. See how his tone changes.
There are many places in America where it is unsafe to drink tap water. If my house didn't have a filtration system similar to the one shown in the video installed the water would be unsafe to drink. And the homeowner pays to have the system installed.
Matt M I live in the Las Vegas Valley, the water is technically at safe levels BUT, it’s not recommended for pregnant women to drink. My house has a reverse osmosis filtration system that we use for cooking and drinking. The water here sometimes smells like sulfur and it tastes worse than Los Angeles tap water
Actually most of the nation has undrinkable water. Not as poisonous as Flint has, but poisonous enough that the Republican head of the EPA just keeps raising the level of 'Safe Toxicity' so that the government can say it's healthy to drink. Anybody that drinks tap water is out of their mind.
I have been living in Flint since well before the crisis. Since this began I developed epilepsy and memory issues. My daughter has a developmental delay. ...and we still don't have clean water.
So, my entire life is not here? ...and money grows on trees? Since you will be contributing to my fund to move, my cashapp is KuntKrumbs. Or you could shit the fuck up? Either way...🤷🏽♀️
Mariah Romero but I would move I’d have the inspiration to move no matter what money comes and goes if It’s effecting my health though this is America and I’m getting the fu k out of there youre dumb for staying
@@jessepacheco4857 Because a lot of these people are living paycheck to paycheck and can't afford even a basic reverse osmosis filter or even if they can afford one, don't have the knowledge, tools, or the money to pay someone to install it. This organization is just making a big RO box to serve a large number of people and making money doing it. They talked about engineering "challenges" but it's really simple. It certainly doesn't cost much for them to produce and they're using them as an investment into the name of the charity.
@@yelruta That's a weak excuse. This is America buddy. You can change your environment by working hard and applying yourself. You can get out and pick up aluminum cans to buy a filter system. So get out of here with that can't afford it bull mess. They could've bought filtration systems for everyone in Flint with the amount of money they squandered on bottled water.
The irony is Nestle pure life, the main bottled water I see in this video, drains freshwater lakes in places where people also don't have access to clean water
@@knockhello2604 ok and, people complain "OMG how could these people in america NOT have clean water WTF trump!!!" when in reality they dont give a SHIT about other people without clean water...
U mean to tell me they still have to pay water bill?!?!!? 😡😡 that is infuriating!! How can they do that to these people ?? Way to go Jaden. That's what it's all about people. ❤️
Water bills are based on usage. So yeah, if they are using it for flushing the toilet and showers, it will cost. I don't which part of the video talked about it, so maybe I'm missing something?
Proves no matter how high our taxes are, the government will manage it horribly, it took the kindness of the private industry to help the people of flint out.
Without getting political, this is why socialism fails. People need to have the power to support themselves. It's the government's duty to _facilitate_ peoples autonomy, not exacerbate the civilians reliance on the government. Bureaucracy, and Socialism are political cancer.
Well technically the water was only bad in some areas where the pipeline was aging but yes democrat politicians tend to be inefficient and care more about money personally than individuals while claiming they care.
@@bb7851 Yes and no; although democrats were responsible for the initial problem, it's republican politicians who kept blocking solutions to fix it until it became public, and even then they kept dragging their feet, that's why the republican governor is being sued. At one point they were holding Flint hostage in an attempt to force Obama to kill the Affordable Care Act.
@@bb7851 Yeah it's those damn democrats alright. Remind me, what party was the governor of MI at the time who appointed the emergency city manager that caused this mess from again? 🤔
I live just outside of flint and went to hs in flint, and I will tell you that we went through pallets a day of bottled water at school and the amount of waste of plastic was incredible
Did you know that the bible warned us things like this would happen? Don't believe me, before the flood when Noah was working on the ark the earth had become so polluted by the industry of the day that many bodies of water were so filthy people who drank it died. People like to say the bible isn't relevant to today but Flint would have clean drinking water if they had paid attention to the story of Noah and the Ark. Crazy isn't it? That's like a 3,000 year old warning that we ignored.
@@thebigbadhelmut472 sounds like you dont know what happened to flint. They accepted water from a neighboring city but it had higher acid content that ate away the coating in the pipes. By the time they shut it off the damage was already done and all the houses also have to have their pipes swapped out, not just city lines. Its not from people dumping pollutants in the water. Its from the regulated protective coating coming off because people are dumb.
@@chrism7067 was the neighboring cities body of water that acidic before they built the city? Would it have been without the city being there? Can you prove that if it is?
@Adam Mocaby not really, just read about what the earth was like before the flood. It was the creation of cities and large industries that caused the earth to become so polluted. Much like today, the closer you get to a city the worse the air quality becomes. The worse the water becomes and the less wildlife you see. There used to be crawfish in DeKalb county Georgia. There aren't anymore. Only because of the amount of people and the amount of pollutants those people release. The bible warned us. If I'm wrong, use my bible and show me where I'm wrong. Show me that it doesn't read what I said about life before the flood.
@@thebigbadhelmut472 go read It was more acidic because different cities treat water differently and thus PH is different. You dont just dump and filter water to get drinking water, its a whole chemical process to recycle the water we use. The water treatment the neighboring city used ate through the protective layer on the lead pipes laid down generations ago in flint. (which flint's water treatment had been accounting for over the years, was an over site. A very costly one, but an over site non the less)
@@paoyadi2 Full scale replacement of the pipes is a billion dollar project. And STILL wouldn't solve the whole problem because it would only replace MUNICIPAL water pipes. NOT residential.
My god I had no idea they were still having this issue. The media no longer mention or cover this story with updates it’s really said the government or the company responsible for this toxic tragedy has not rendered this situation right by now it’s really said. I am glad the community has stepped up even a child our future is leading the way to a solution.
@@jz4774 It's just the over saturation of news at all times, you lay out a big issue it becomes trendy for a couple weeks, people support it then everyone forgets about it once it stops being reported on. It's fucked and no one understands these issues don't go away for years and years. Detroit's water is gonna be the next major problem really soon just wait.
they arnt having any more issues the water in flint has been clean since 2016 here is a report from the state of Michigan about the current particulate levels in flint water www.michigan.gov/flintwater
Jordan Lukach you’re worried about a hat. And the fact that you didn’t see him do anything in a 15 minute video lol. Maybe you should grow up and look at the bigger picture
@@jordanlukach3909 Jaden has been donating bottled water since the very beginning, Jaden has to hire the engineers and pay for the development of the Water Box, and you're over here saying he doesn't do any work while you're sitting on your ass doing nothing.
Ermelinda Cortes I’m in tears too, but sad, frustrated tears that this country I call home, for years has allowed this and is making them figure it out for themselves. I’m grateful jaden is focusing on it and helping, but fuck. If they’ll allow something so egregious to continue to happen for so long, what else will they let slide? It just hurts my heart and scares me. I thought it was relatively safe here, but people are dying and getting sick. For what? Idk this just makes me mad.
Amazing docu, Jaden thank you for coming to my beautiful state of Michigan and helping the families of Flint. They need so much more help. My best regards to the people who filmed, edited, and participated in this. Amazing work on all aspects!!
When I was younger I often would wonder how Jaden would turn out as a man, having a father like will. I imagine it could be hard at times. But he has turned out to be such a humble amazing person. Flint will rise again! Much love to everyone
Consider the fact that if the water is bad you must BUY it. I read an article about drinking water several years ago and the CEO of Nestlé said that everyone should pay for water... Hmmm... Since reading the article, over the years the Nestlé company has bought up many other bottled water brands... Beginning to get the picture now ?
Nestle water is literally the cheapest water u can buy in my town! It’s £2 for 8 bottles Evian and even smart is like £3 for 6 bottles! Get the picture now?
My family and I got in a rollover accident on the highway and lost everything, on the highway passing flint Michigan. The workers at that hospital were some of the best people we've ever met. This was about 1 year before the water crisis, God bless Flint
this right here fits in so well with what John Green was saying in his video about the hospital in Sierra Leone, people give to charity because it makes them feel better but rarely do they think through how much help they are actually providing. In that case a charity had donated a generator to the hospital which was not compatible with the electrical grid and thus not usable, in this case all these people were donating bottles of water but didn't bother to ask the people of flint how they can create the infrastructure to change the situation rather than just immediate resources. Jaden Amithe and however you pronounce this organisation did that, they sat down to talk with the people at ground zero to find out about doing something together and I think it's amazing. This is the John Green video if any of you were interested th-cam.com/video/Xk_SfS5UTVs/w-d-xo.html
Water is so precious!!!! Ugh.....stay humbled or be humbled. It breaks my heart. & infuriates me to know that they are still being subjected to tainted water!!!!!! Smh....🤦🏻♀️💆🏻♀️😠
@@Marleychills No one person can help 100k people lmao. It's people who help other people. So why don't you shut up about how one person has to help 100k people to talk about not being "all talk no action"
I am BEYOND proud of these people for seeing a problem and fixing it. The church serving the people is what it's all about. I love their faith and endurance and community.
So the miracle is the same water filtration system I have in the basement..... besides mine having more stages. Time for flint to pay for whole hose filtration systems for everyone. Given the price, I can’t believe they didn’t do it on their own dime, it’s gotta be difficult to bathe with bottled water.
Hello I live in Flint and I live by flint river. We have been given 77.7 million dollars to fix the pipes and they have (very slowly) been fixing the pipes but our water is still very bad. I’m truly sorry for those that live in flint as that less fortunate and pipes are still filled with lead. I’m happy that people are still helping my city and won’t give up until we get clean water.
I’m not trying to be mean or disrespectful but what really made me upset was when at 1:13 when the person said that “ this has never happened in America before” referring to the water shortages. I would like to just bring light to the fact that a lot of Native American reserves in America have been without clean drinking water for generations, so flint is not the only place this is happening. The American government really needs to fix this water crisis all over America soon because a lot of people are suffering and nobody should be without clean drinking water. I hope nobody took this the wrong way
This is so beautiful. Very grateful for the team that worked together to make this happen. Thank you for providing the link to allow others to help donate. You have our support all the way from SF. God Bless
"The human right to water and sanitation. On 28 July 2010, through Resolution 64/292, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation and acknowledged that clean drinking water and sanitation are essential to the realisation of all human rights."
Angel Nelson it’s hard to move from flint because they don’t have the money to move to another place. They lived their entire lives there and nobody wants to buy a house at flint. The people that could move already did.
@@GG-sp6ny honestly, if you have 2 working feet, it's not hard to move. I have moved plenty of times because I couldn't afford to live in LA or their was a better opportunity else where. You take a temporary loss, then you recover to be better than before.
THIS is CRAzy IT really made me cry .. God bless you Smith's ALWAYS. I wish to meet them and see if I can help with something even thoe I have NOTHING. but there's ALWAYS a solution to the problem. AMEN!!!...
My heart was filled with pure joy when I had witnessed this from my abode about this Water Box in Flint. And it wasn't anybody in city or state government who brought this Water Box out. It was the actions of an actor's brother.
The Smith family should be furious their name is on this. The box costs more than the filtration. The flight to Flint cost them more than the company they paired with delivered.
Great job guys with the water box! I dont live far but i use to live there and some may think this was exaggerated and no it wasnt. God bless all those that still have to live through that hell.
This video is from 2016, i mean look at the sign in the back at 2:16. I heard Flint's water problem got mostly resolved nowadays, but that's 2018 I think, which was 2 years.
Our mayor would just try and figure. How to funnel the funds somewhere else. We have the highest water rates in the country and can't use the water. They don't care about us
Have been a technician for Culligan Water filtration systems for over 10 years. Providing multiple water filtration locations for Flint *shouldn't* be too costly of a venture. The whole setup likely costs around $1500, with the filters needing replacement every 3-6 months and the UV bulb needing a replacement every year, as well as some general maintenance, likely monthly in this case. The cost of the filters would likely be around $60 in total (but no more than $100), and the same for the bulb. General maintenance would only include a checkup on the systems function, checking the filters, and some cleaning. Far less labor and far cheaper water supply than bottles, and having multiple Water Boxes would allow for less load on each individual system. I'm surprised something like this wasn't already done a long time ago, honestly.
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They should have put the mayor’s word to the test by handing him a large glass of tap water.
Monster!
They did and he drank it
Yeah this did actually happen and the madlad actually fucking drank it 😂😂
Jimmy Rustle then he wasn’t lying lol
@@hobogaming2656 One glass while the camera was on him...and you can bet his children did not put a drop in their bodies.
Mad respect to Jaden for working to solve this serious issue.
Spencer Caldwell at least some people are doing something about it because it’s easy to speak but really hard to act
Jaden is an idiot. The machine will never produce its own cost in water. Spencer, Flint didn’t make that decision a incompetent political appointee did. They switched back years ago but your right the pipes are and always have been the issue. This isn’t a Flint thing it’s everywhere around the country.
@@timrosencrans7955 So instead of waiting on them to fix it they took action and are trying to do something about it. Yet their stupid for trying to help Flint with a temporary solution........ At least its better than doing nothing smh........
1 1 it’s been fixed for a long time. They are what the doctors involved call "part of the problem”. They have done nothing to help and have distracted people from the real problems poverty and industrial pollution. How many people seeing this would realize very little of the lead levels found in Flint youth come from the water crisis.
MsUsagi513 lawyers.
Wait, this is Still happening??? HOLY CRAP.. How hasn't this been fixed in over 4 LONG years yet?
wat - It has been. This kind of spin is why people think Trump is next to Godliness.
@@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 It hasn't been fixed what are you on about?
Because Trump would rather fund a wall then help his own citizens.
@@highlightlion2132 You are aware that this takes A LOT of time to fix that much pipe. It cant be done over night, they have been working on it FOR YEARS. And with a little reading, you wold find that the project is set to be done this year. But since you most likely blindly follow CNN, you can't form your own opinion, but hey ORANGE MAN BAD!!!!
HighlightLion stop blaming trying to blame everything on the president how about you do a little research and grow and have knowledge with out speaking first “think before you speak”
I don't understand how the city, state or government hasn't fixed the water system already.
One of the cars coming to get water was a nice Cadillac
Dems have run Flint forever.
They have had to replace 40 miles of water pipe work under ground.
That shit dosnt happen overnight!
Takes workmen 2 weeks to replace a single pipe in a single road
@@nickjeffrey8050 But the crisis has been around since 2014 so I don't see why this is a valid point.
GRIZZURAI do u even no how long it would take? Longer than u think !!!
Waters been safe for over a year aswell
Why hasn't the local government provided a water box for every home or apartment in the affected area?
mu-mu-mu-mu....moneyyyyy.
Willy Fistergash you think they can afford that but not fixing the actual problem loooool
Because most government is incompetent to manage our money, they tax us, and forget about us.
The government wastes their money on useless things instead of fixing the problems of your people
@@austbob7161 it would be better if they taxed us less, and let us manage our own money more often. Even if that means losing some of their services.
Glad to see Jaden stepping up and being a role model by actually doing something good with his fame and money. Impressed with you Jaden :)
All of the citizens of flint effected by the negligence of the state should file a class action lawsuit against the city or even the state.
They just need to vote someone else as mayor...
agreed. why do you think Michigan was the setting for Robo Cop? lol......High crime, high levels of drugs, zero quality of life.
Except the city will lose a lot of money
They did 16 times
Wait you want these people to do something other than say "gimme"? They're black bruh.
In my opinion, I think that Mayor should be forced to drink water from someone else's house. Anywhere else in America, you can go to any house and drink water from the tap. See how his tone changes.
Not that governer the mayor is powerless
There are many places in America where it is unsafe to drink tap water. If my house didn't have a filtration system similar to the one shown in the video installed the water would be unsafe to drink. And the homeowner pays to have the system installed.
Matt M I live in the Las Vegas Valley, the water is technically at safe levels BUT, it’s not recommended for pregnant women to drink. My house has a reverse osmosis filtration system that we use for cooking and drinking. The water here sometimes smells like sulfur and it tastes worse than Los Angeles tap water
Actually most of the nation has undrinkable water. Not as poisonous as Flint has, but poisonous enough that the Republican head of the EPA just keeps raising the level of 'Safe Toxicity' so that the government can say it's healthy to drink. Anybody that drinks tap water is out of their mind.
Eternal Strength some parts of the USA have great tap water. My hometown in Maryland has delicious tap water 😂😂
I love the fact that Jaden Smith is on here he just launched his own water brand called "Just Water".
Jaden really is an icon livin, wow
Christian Contreras ik i am
@@OfficialYeat r/beetlejuicing
No thanks, my frogs are already gay.
😂
@@ChaoticJune r/ihavereddit
I have been living in Flint since well before the crisis.
Since this began I developed epilepsy and memory issues.
My daughter has a developmental delay.
...and we still don't have clean water.
Moooove
So, my entire life is not here? ...and money grows on trees? Since you will be contributing to my fund to move, my cashapp is KuntKrumbs.
Or you could shit the fuck up? Either way...🤷🏽♀️
Mariah Romero very true you have a great point see you caught me I’m the ignorant one good thing you stopped the cycle
I do love a good obvious solution that I have heard a million times. I am glad you weren't helpful.
:)
Mariah Romero but I would move I’d have the inspiration to move no matter what money comes and goes if It’s effecting my health though this is America and I’m getting the fu k out of there youre dumb for staying
The mayor probably does drink the tap water, but he probably also has an expensive water filtration system.
a 5 stage filtration system is less than $50 which is certified to reduce lead and other harmful heavy metals
Yeah at the same time there is 200,000 systems for house as well
Exactly what l was thinking. Why didn't these "Engineers" point them in that direction instead of these silly water boxes?
@@jessepacheco4857 Because a lot of these people are living paycheck to paycheck and can't afford even a basic reverse osmosis filter or even if they can afford one, don't have the knowledge, tools, or the money to pay someone to install it. This organization is just making a big RO box to serve a large number of people and making money doing it. They talked about engineering "challenges" but it's really simple. It certainly doesn't cost much for them to produce and they're using them as an investment into the name of the charity.
@@yelruta That's a weak excuse. This is America buddy. You can change your environment by working hard and applying yourself. You can get out and pick up aluminum cans to buy a filter system. So get out of here with that can't afford it bull mess. They could've bought filtration systems for everyone in Flint with the amount of money they squandered on bottled water.
The irony is Nestle pure life, the main bottled water I see in this video, drains freshwater lakes in places where people also don't have access to clean water
Ok and
@@knockhello2604 ok and, people complain "OMG how could these people in america NOT have clean water WTF trump!!!" when in reality they dont give a SHIT about other people without clean water...
@@knockhello2604 Okay, and can you read? Its sad
@@joshbryan4573 just kidding bruh... mb.
@@knockhello2604 Shut up idiot, you don't have a platform here.
U mean to tell me they still have to pay water bill?!?!!? 😡😡 that is infuriating!! How can they do that to these people ?? Way to go Jaden. That's what it's all about people. ❤️
Right dont pay it all flint Michigan stand up dont pay that shit
Water bills are based on usage. So yeah, if they are using it for flushing the toilet and showers, it will cost. I don't which part of the video talked about it, so maybe I'm missing something?
Maybe showering, toilets, gardening, etc.?
are they atleast getting cheaper water based on the fact its not fit for drinking?
Think with your brain
Yet somehow people managed to donate 700m dollars to fix the Notre Dame. Imagine what you could do for $700m in Flint.
Make the politicians even more rich
That was in Europe(can't remember which country specifically).
@@sucram1015 were else but Freeking France
@Seattle Solar Supply wow
Zach Morris I’m from flint Michigan , and i would love for you to check out my poem ❤️👉🏽 th-cam.com/video/od9llvSOxJc/w-d-xo.html
Proves no matter how high our taxes are, the government will manage it horribly, it took the kindness of the private industry to help the people of flint out.
@Spencer Caldwell Flint and Puerto Rico both have local governments that suck the salvaging resources away from the crisis.
Holy shit how'd I not notice that was Jaden Smith
That was Jaden Smith?? He doesn't seem as inspirational and deep as he does in his tweets.
I remember the big events up here in Michigan, everyone did their best to help, and I lived close to flint so it meant more to me.
Very happy humbling watching a community come together when the world forgets them. The entire team is a blessing.
Without getting political, this is why socialism fails. People need to have the power to support themselves. It's the government's duty to _facilitate_ peoples autonomy, not exacerbate the civilians reliance on the government.
Bureaucracy, and Socialism are political cancer.
Means so much to us in FLINT!! Much love and respect to Jaden
That mayor was sooo lying when he said he drinks the water - kinda makes me mad thinking about how politicians fux us over.
You can see it in his face. Even he's not happy saying it
Well technically the water was only bad in some areas where the pipeline was aging but yes democrat politicians tend to be inefficient and care more about money personally than individuals while claiming they care.
@@bb7851 Yes and no; although democrats were responsible for the initial problem, it's republican politicians who kept blocking solutions to fix it until it became public, and even then they kept dragging their feet, that's why the republican governor is being sued.
At one point they were holding Flint hostage in an attempt to force Obama to kill the Affordable Care Act.
@@bb7851 Yeah it's those damn democrats alright. Remind me, what party was the governor of MI at the time who appointed the emergency city manager that caused this mess from again? 🤔
That was hegelian dialect he was using if you are familiar with it you would realize he doesn't drink it. Its like lying without lying
Good work Jaden. Glad you're out here serving ❤️
He’s literally there to try fuck some poor kids!
Andrea Mendenhall be mad all u want! It’s true!
What? Are you assuming hes a pedophile? Hes trying to help the community, dumbass.
@@nickjeffrey8050 I hope that was a joke 💀
@@nickjeffrey8050 Jaden has a girlfriend wym
Thats what i call a real man! Humble and smart man so happy for him & flint!
Till this day I can’t believe that this is happening in the UNITED STATES. THEY DESERVE WATER
Tech for a cause. The world needs more of this.
I live just outside of flint and went to hs in flint, and I will tell you that we went through pallets a day of bottled water at school and the amount of waste of plastic was incredible
Did you know that the bible warned us things like this would happen? Don't believe me, before the flood when Noah was working on the ark the earth had become so polluted by the industry of the day that many bodies of water were so filthy people who drank it died. People like to say the bible isn't relevant to today but Flint would have clean drinking water if they had paid attention to the story of Noah and the Ark. Crazy isn't it? That's like a 3,000 year old warning that we ignored.
@@thebigbadhelmut472 sounds like you dont know what happened to flint. They accepted water from a neighboring city but it had higher acid content that ate away the coating in the pipes. By the time they shut it off the damage was already done and all the houses also have to have their pipes swapped out, not just city lines.
Its not from people dumping pollutants in the water. Its from the regulated protective coating coming off because people are dumb.
@@chrism7067 was the neighboring cities body of water that acidic before they built the city? Would it have been without the city being there? Can you prove that if it is?
@Adam Mocaby not really, just read about what the earth was like before the flood. It was the creation of cities and large industries that caused the earth to become so polluted. Much like today, the closer you get to a city the worse the air quality becomes. The worse the water becomes and the less wildlife you see. There used to be crawfish in DeKalb county Georgia. There aren't anymore. Only because of the amount of people and the amount of pollutants those people release. The bible warned us. If I'm wrong, use my bible and show me where I'm wrong. Show me that it doesn't read what I said about life before the flood.
@@thebigbadhelmut472 go read
It was more acidic because different cities treat water differently and thus PH is different. You dont just dump and filter water to get drinking water, its a whole chemical process to recycle the water we use.
The water treatment the neighboring city used ate through the protective layer on the lead pipes laid down generations ago in flint. (which flint's water treatment had been accounting for over the years, was an over site. A very costly one, but an over site non the less)
It's so weird seeing this from the outside. I've been gone for 3 years now and I'm so glad to see the progress. Can't wait to visit.💙
Residents need to ask what happened to the $170 million that was given to them to fix it!
They fixed some pipes
@@gameonyolo1 some????
Ghost town in less than 10 years?
@@paoyadi2
Full scale replacement of the pipes is a billion dollar project.
And STILL wouldn't solve the whole problem because it would only replace MUNICIPAL water pipes. NOT residential.
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My god I had no idea they were still having this issue. The media no longer mention or cover this story with updates it’s really said the government or the company responsible for this toxic tragedy has not rendered this situation right by now it’s really said. I am glad the community has stepped up even a child our future is leading the way to a solution.
you seriously didnt know that were still fucked... the isolated world you must live in envy it
@@shanebryant6478 literally no one outside of Michigan knows, the media has reported it to be clean
@@jz4774 It's just the over saturation of news at all times, you lay out a big issue it becomes trendy for a couple weeks, people support it then everyone forgets about it once it stops being reported on. It's fucked and no one understands these issues don't go away for years and years. Detroit's water is gonna be the next major problem really soon just wait.
they arnt having any more issues the water in flint has been clean since 2016 here is a report from the state of Michigan about the current particulate levels in flint water www.michigan.gov/flintwater
So much love... everyone deserves clean water. My heart goes out. Save Flint Michigan's water crisis!
Bottle water is not sustainable. Put flint mayor in jail.
yo daddy in jail ever since you were a child, BOY.
Yetti Man blatantly racist
you ignorant af. @@yettiman8941
@@yettiman8941 Why would you say that? What is the point?
The mayor has no power you have to go over his head
"I drink the water everyday" that is quintuple filtered then filtered 10 more times, then is flavored
I’m happy for flint finally having a resolution long to come
I'm getting a lying vibe from that mayor😒
This really breaks my heart 💔
For real! He had the eyes of a deer in the headlights.
@@adrian-et6zr Not even, you just wanna play the victim.
@@yettiman8941 we aren't the victims, they are. Stop being so ignorant.
Yetti Man dumb ass they are saying that there is no way in hell that water is safe and that the mayor is a liar
@@adrian-et6zr Yeah buddy, keep virtue signaling; bet you'll get far.
Awesome brother. Continue doing great stuff for our planet Earth! I love it. I'm proud of y'all...
And here I thought that the best thing that we could get from Jaden Smith was "deep quotes" and rap music...
Guess I was wrong.
Jordan Lukach you’re worried about a hat. And the fact that you didn’t see him do anything in a 15 minute video lol. Maybe you should grow up and look at the bigger picture
msbri7110 you said it better than i could
@@jordanlukach3909 Jaden has been donating bottled water since the very beginning, Jaden has to hire the engineers and pay for the development of the Water Box, and you're over here saying he doesn't do any work while you're sitting on your ass doing nothing.
This is beautiful. I'm in tears, happy, renewed hope filled tears. Thank you.
Ermelinda Cortes I’m in tears too, but sad, frustrated tears that this country I call home, for years has allowed this and is making them figure it out for themselves. I’m grateful jaden is focusing on it and helping, but fuck. If they’ll allow something so egregious to continue to happen for so long, what else will they let slide? It just hurts my heart and scares me. I thought it was relatively safe here, but people are dying and getting sick. For what? Idk this just makes me mad.
Will and Jada raised a good kid, right there. 💗
This is a very high quality video for a channel with less than 3k subs, great job
Great eyes.. definitely professional
Amazing docu, Jaden thank you for coming to my beautiful state of Michigan and helping the families of Flint. They need so much more help. My best regards to the people who filmed, edited, and participated in this. Amazing work on all aspects!!
We are FIGHTING for you Flint!
Know that. We stand at the ready...
I believe in FLINT! WRWY! Keep faith!
Farmer Funkk thank you for that
How are you fighting for flint, I may want to join you!
When I was younger I often would wonder how Jaden would turn out as a man, having a father like will. I imagine it could be hard at times. But he has turned out to be such a humble amazing person. Flint will rise again! Much love to everyone
Watching this video gives me hope for humanity. Thank you Jaden 🙏🏾.
DAMN im proud of my boy jaden smith!!!
ive lived in this city since i was born, eastside for life!
wastelander1400 same here Arlington and broadway
Consider the fact that if the water is bad you must BUY it. I read an article about drinking water several years ago and the CEO of Nestlé said that everyone should pay for water... Hmmm... Since reading the article, over the years the Nestlé company has bought up many other bottled water brands... Beginning to get the picture now ?
Nestle water is literally the cheapest water u can buy in my town!
It’s £2 for 8 bottles
Evian and even smart is like £3 for 6 bottles!
Get the picture now?
I don't get it
Dont we already have water bills tho? I thought we were already paying, unless it's a public fountain.
GetYour Fix That’s also fueled by taxes we pay so basically we pay for all them unless you drink out of a spring or lake
Oh gods... that is ABHORRENT what they are doing!
They should make a Protective case for those! *Water Box Otter Box*
Don't forget about Flynt- Thanks to you all making an impact!!!
"water bill"
excuse me what water
I absolutely respect Jaden Smith for this. Thank you Lord for blessing him to help our ppl meaning everyone in flint love you bro.
My family and I got in a rollover accident on the highway and lost everything, on the highway passing flint Michigan. The workers at that hospital were some of the best people we've ever met. This was about 1 year before the water crisis, God bless Flint
Love from Chicago. Midwest strong ❤️
this right here fits in so well with what John Green was saying in his video about the hospital in Sierra Leone, people give to charity because it makes them feel better but rarely do they think through how much help they are actually providing. In that case a charity had donated a generator to the hospital which was not compatible with the electrical grid and thus not usable, in this case all these people were donating bottles of water but didn't bother to ask the people of flint how they can create the infrastructure to change the situation rather than just immediate resources. Jaden Amithe and however you pronounce this organisation did that, they sat down to talk with the people at ground zero to find out about doing something together and I think it's amazing.
This is the John Green video if any of you were interested th-cam.com/video/Xk_SfS5UTVs/w-d-xo.html
Necessity is the mother of invention. The video was from 2016, don't know why it's shown now if not for clickbaiting and riling up people.
I PRAY FOR YOU FLINT KEEP ON FIGHTING
Flint has become mad max and their mayor was immortan joe.... literally 😢
Can you fill me in, what happened to flint specifically?
D3rr1ck1707 just TH-cam flint disaster and you’ll find loads of videos to briefly explain what happened with their water supply
m3tr0idgrl not literally
@@DontMindLena its getting there
Not literally... Please don't use a word that you don't know the meaning of.
The water box is life. All hail the water box.
I haven't seen one!
@@alicia1928 drown the heretic.
Praying for you Flint.
1:26 OH SNAP THATS MY BEAT!!!!!! 💕💕💕💕🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾😊😊
Sarah2ill NAME?!!
I live in flint. 🙌🏼 it’s a work in progress
We still going through a crisis smh. Glad Jaden came!
Water is so precious!!!! Ugh.....stay humbled or be humbled. It breaks my heart. & infuriates me to know that they are still being subjected to tainted water!!!!!! Smh....🤦🏻♀️💆🏻♀️😠
Morena G. Why don't you do something about it then?
Cristian just saying that instead of commenting how bad it is, she could actually do something about it.
@@Marleychills No one person can help 100k people lmao. It's people who help other people. So why don't you shut up about how one person has to help 100k people to talk about not being "all talk no action"
Grant Capel I have....& continue to do do. Through a non profit Organization through our church. We help....I help...& will continue to do so.
Cristian right!? Lol but I am helping....but thanks for sticking up for me. ☺️
This is amazing! You are heroes!
This made me cry omg. Thank you Smith family ❤️❤️❤️
I am BEYOND proud of these people for seeing a problem and fixing it. The church serving the people is what it's all about. I love their faith and endurance and community.
So what is your solution?
A big filter.
Filter rain water.
Thank you for caring for our city a lot of people don't
So the miracle is the same water filtration system I have in the basement..... besides mine having more stages. Time for flint to pay for whole hose filtration systems for everyone.
Given the price, I can’t believe they didn’t do it on their own dime, it’s gotta be difficult to bathe with bottled water.
Thank you Jaden
Only 45 seconds in and I can tell this is a very well thought out documentary. Crazy how nothing has been changed.
He really be an icon living🔥
There is a guy - Moses West- that built a machine solving most of this problem as well but someone damaged it and broke it down for some reason.
Hello I live in Flint and I live by flint river. We have been given 77.7 million dollars to fix the pipes and they have (very slowly) been fixing the pipes but our water is still very bad. I’m truly sorry for those that live in flint as that less fortunate and pipes are still filled with lead. I’m happy that people are still helping my city and won’t give up until we get clean water.
I can't believe you used Sweden by C418. Such awesome background music
fr
its not Sweden, its gymopedie.
@@EndearingFish I'm pretty sure he was joking...
I’m not trying to be mean or disrespectful but what really made me upset was when at 1:13 when the person said that “ this has never happened in America before” referring to the water shortages. I would like to just bring light to the fact that a lot of Native American reserves in America have been without clean drinking water for generations, so flint is not the only place this is happening. The American government really needs to fix this water crisis all over America soon because a lot of people are suffering and nobody should be without clean drinking water.
I hope nobody took this the wrong way
I think he was speaking of the crisis... there is no shortage in Flint... and it has happened exactly the same in Baltimore DC and New York
This is so beautiful. Very grateful for the team that worked together to make this happen.
Thank you for providing the link to allow others to help donate.
You have our support all the way from SF. God Bless
Thanks recremended section! This is very informative.
"The human right to water and sanitation. On 28 July 2010, through Resolution 64/292, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation and acknowledged that clean drinking water and sanitation are essential to the realisation of all human rights."
Trump cancelled all that!
Born there and had my children there. I am so glad I got out of there when I did.
Man please i wouldve been moved from flint. Im not paying taxes bills nothing for a city that dont care about me sorry
Angel Nelson it’s hard to move from flint because they don’t have the money to move to another place. They lived their entire lives there and nobody wants to buy a house at flint. The people that could move already did.
@@GG-sp6ny honestly, if you have 2 working feet, it's not hard to move. I have moved plenty of times because I couldn't afford to live in LA or their was a better opportunity else where. You take a temporary loss, then you recover to be better than before.
Congrats bro, is totally amazing
Thank you Moses West!!!
A silent legend 💯🖤
Stay strong Flint. Praying for all our people scattered to the four corners of the world. We won't be oppressed long. Deuteronomy 30🙏🏾
You aren't oppressed now, assuming you live in the western world - and I can bet that you are.
A majority black city that can't fix its own problems blames oppression... Shocker!
THIS is CRAzy IT really made me cry .. God bless you Smith's ALWAYS. I wish to meet them and see if I can help with something even thoe I have NOTHING. but there's ALWAYS a solution to the problem. AMEN!!!...
New found respect brother
The shadow that Jadon was cast under was enormous. But, he continues to cast his own shadow. Nice work Jadon!🙏
My heart was filled with pure joy when I had witnessed this from my abode about this Water Box in Flint. And it wasn't anybody in city or state government who brought this Water Box out. It was the actions of an actor's brother.
They run the box for 2 hours on Wednesday.
It's a glorified filter system that can be put together at Home Depot for under $500. The box costs more.
Most people don't have $500 just laying around.
The Smith family should be furious their name is on this. The box costs more than the filtration.
The flight to Flint cost them more than the company they paired with delivered.
And they only run the box for 2 hours on Wednesday.
Something really shady is going on with this whole thing.
Is that really Jaden Smith? He's grown up so much he's a really down to earth nice guy now.
He's dad did a good job
Well done Jaden and team,doing life saving works with the great community church towards a healthy lifestyle
I love jaden so much ❤️❤️he’s a great person and people don’t appreciate that
Flint the post apocalyptic city! People walking with jugs
Great job guys with the water box! I dont live far but i use to live there and some may think this was exaggerated and no it wasnt. God bless all those that still have to live through that hell.
Can’t believe this. ❤️
Why do i see this stuff when im on acid... Much love, let there be water
Stay away from the screens
Lmao😂😂😂
@@martinng370 really though. Hope buddy is all good lmao
@@z1lla4 lmao no
This video is from 2016, i mean look at the sign in the back at 2:16. I heard Flint's water problem got mostly resolved nowadays, but that's 2018 I think, which was 2 years.
Not only am I heartbroken, this video also left me very thirsty.
Elise Heine Enjoy listening time this 👉🏽 th-cam.com/video/od9llvSOxJc/w-d-xo.html
Is there a way to donate money directly for the purchase of more water boxes?
Life straws help as well every resident needs one in everyhome especially since its kids there
Our mayor would just try and figure. How to funnel the funds somewhere else. We have the highest water rates in the country and can't use the water. They don't care about us
please reach out to 501CTHREE .... Go to there website.
ardith bard yep 2¢ a gallon is insane.
ardith bard if you not using the water how do you have a bill?
Have been a technician for Culligan Water filtration systems for over 10 years. Providing multiple water filtration locations for Flint *shouldn't* be too costly of a venture. The whole setup likely costs around $1500, with the filters needing replacement every 3-6 months and the UV bulb needing a replacement every year, as well as some general maintenance, likely monthly in this case.
The cost of the filters would likely be around $60 in total (but no more than $100), and the same for the bulb. General maintenance would only include a checkup on the systems function, checking the filters, and some cleaning.
Far less labor and far cheaper water supply than bottles, and having multiple Water Boxes would allow for less load on each individual system. I'm surprised something like this wasn't already done a long time ago, honestly.
Y’all bout ready for this revolution?