Post by samfed on Oct 2, 2014 21:46:02 GMT -5
Charity: Water has many great social media platforms but my personal favorite is its Instagram page. Charity: Water’s Instagram is very influential and inspiring but most of all, for me, brings happiness. Why are these people so happy? Because they are given clean fresh water from the donations from Charity: Water. After scrolling through almost five hundred of their posts, I could not find any pictures of a man, woman or child unhappy. This is one of Charity: Water’s key factors to a standout Instagram page – they show the happiness of the people of Uganda, of Niger, of all of Africa (but not limited to just the one continent.)
People like happy people. When people see pictures of children smiling, they will like the picture. Many organizations about health care I see have sad, morose men, women and children and if that were on my Instagram feed, I’ll be frank with you, I wouldn’t like the picture. Who wants to like a sad picture? The point is, Charity: Water is doing this whole Instagram thing right: Smiles, sharp shooting, and silky smooth water.
Now that I’ve made my point about the smiles, let’s get to the reason why these people are giving us those wonderful expressions. As one of their Instagram posts say, “Water is Life,” Charity: Water makes this liquid a photogenic star. Whether they are featured as slow spurts out of a spout, gushing rushing water from the spigot, or even a sudsy soapy bath, all of the people who are in contact with this water are treating it like it’s a loved one. They are incredibly happy with it.
One thing I also think Charity: Water utilizes so well is their mascot: a yellow Jerry Can. This is a majorly simple advertising tactic with a powerful message that Charity: Water supplies – take Charity: Water anywhere and easily transport your water. I think this can is so important because of its simplicity, just like how water is so simple; you could overlook the significance of it to an economic, social or racial kind of people.
Charity: Water’s Instagram is different from other organizations like Doctors Without Borders and American Diabetes Association. DWB focuses more on scientific, kind of scary and depressing pictures compared to CW’s happiness. ADA is more advertising and fact driven while CW makes it clear that the only thing that belongs on their page is the importance of water and the people who need it.
I don’t think I’ve ever been this affected by water. It seems so basic, so plain and tasteless. The photographs on Charity: Water’s Instagram make me want to pour a glass of water and just hug it because this organization makes me realize how easy we have it in the United States with our plentiful clean water and how much we take it for granted.
People like happy people. When people see pictures of children smiling, they will like the picture. Many organizations about health care I see have sad, morose men, women and children and if that were on my Instagram feed, I’ll be frank with you, I wouldn’t like the picture. Who wants to like a sad picture? The point is, Charity: Water is doing this whole Instagram thing right: Smiles, sharp shooting, and silky smooth water.
Now that I’ve made my point about the smiles, let’s get to the reason why these people are giving us those wonderful expressions. As one of their Instagram posts say, “Water is Life,” Charity: Water makes this liquid a photogenic star. Whether they are featured as slow spurts out of a spout, gushing rushing water from the spigot, or even a sudsy soapy bath, all of the people who are in contact with this water are treating it like it’s a loved one. They are incredibly happy with it.
One thing I also think Charity: Water utilizes so well is their mascot: a yellow Jerry Can. This is a majorly simple advertising tactic with a powerful message that Charity: Water supplies – take Charity: Water anywhere and easily transport your water. I think this can is so important because of its simplicity, just like how water is so simple; you could overlook the significance of it to an economic, social or racial kind of people.
Charity: Water’s Instagram is different from other organizations like Doctors Without Borders and American Diabetes Association. DWB focuses more on scientific, kind of scary and depressing pictures compared to CW’s happiness. ADA is more advertising and fact driven while CW makes it clear that the only thing that belongs on their page is the importance of water and the people who need it.
I don’t think I’ve ever been this affected by water. It seems so basic, so plain and tasteless. The photographs on Charity: Water’s Instagram make me want to pour a glass of water and just hug it because this organization makes me realize how easy we have it in the United States with our plentiful clean water and how much we take it for granted.
