Do Our Celebrities Really Know What The Ice Bucket Challenge is All About?

Just seen some local Celebrities doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that has been soaking daring people across the world. It’s become viral and now everyone including our Kenyan celebrities are participating in the challenge.My question is, do they really have the slightest idea what the challenge is all about or they’re just doing it for fun thinking it’s another new fancy game? I doubt if they do.

First of all, challenge dares nominated participants to be filmed having a bucket of ice water poured on their heads and the nominated people have 24 hours to comply or forfeit by way of a charitable financial donation to help raise funds and awareness for ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease which is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement.

Rules for the challenge are that; Within 24 hours of being challenged, participants are to video record themselves in continuous footage. First, they are to announce their acceptance of the challenge followed by pouring ice into a bucket of water. The bucket is then to be lifted overhead and poured over the participant’s head. Then the participant can call out a challenge to other people.  In one version of the challenge, the participant is expected to donate $10 if they have poured the ice water over their head and donate $100 if they have not. In another version, dumping the ice water over the participant’s head is done in lieu of any donation, which has led to some criticisms of the challenge being a form of slacktivism.

So please don’t just participate! Donate.