Melinda Gates, left, fetching water with Gawanini women in Malawi

Melinda Gates is wife of the world’s richest man, Bill Gates. Both run the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a philanthropy “dedicated to helping all people lead healthy, productive lives”.

Melinda in a recent visit to Malawi helped the women of the Gawanini family, with whom she stayed collect drinking water. She carried 20 liters and and she says “it was tough”.

“Chrissy (middle) is carrying about 40 liters. Many women do this every day,” she adds.

What a way to empathise with the world’s poor. Over now to the Foundation to help the Malawi poor get piped, drinkable water to their homes.