About Doc
Doc Hendley (born March 19, 1979) is a humanitarian and public speaker who founded Wine to Water, a non-profit organization providing clean water and sanitation globally. The concept originated in 2003 while he was bartending and performing music in Raleigh, North Carolina. After raising initial funds through entertainment-based fundraising, he moved to Darfur, Sudan in 2004 to install water systems during the genocide crisis, remaining there for approximately a year. Wine to Water became an official 501(c)(3) in 2007.
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SpeakerMotivationalAuthorEntrepreneurClean Water AccessHumanitarian AidInternational DevelopmentNon Profit OrganizationsSocial Entrepreneurship
Known for
- Founding Wine to Water
- 2009 CNN Hero recognition
- Water access and humanitarian aid
- Speaking on social causes
- Author of Wine to Water memoir
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