While we get our clean drinking water from our own tap or on-the-go from TapIt partners, one billion people have to settle for muddy rivers and dirty ponds. Want to help? You can start your own fund-raising page to help raise money for charity: water, a non-profit focused on bringing "clean, safe drinking water to everyone on the planet."
Charity:water got started when the founder asked for donations in place of gifts at his birthday party in September, three years ago. The money raised funded six wells in Uganda. So, in addition to plenty of other efforts, they started a September birthday campaign, asking September babies to give up gifts and raise money instead--it raised over $1 million for Ethiopia.
Whether you've got a birthday this month or not, with your page on mycharity: water you can do the same--ask for donations instead of birthday gifts. But you can also ask for donations to coincide with running the NYC marathon, tackling a major bike race, in place of wedding gifts or for no reason at all, other than the cause of helping to increase drinking water access worldwide.
So far the organization has raised over $10 million, but the mycharity: water site has raised $70,529 and counting alone. 100% of the money you raise will be used to build wells and bring clean water to people in need. In 12-18 months, you'll even get to see photos of the projects you helped fund.
If you live in NYC, the non-profit could use your help beyond starting a charity page. Sign up online to attend monthly volunteer nights or to help with everything from delivering water to working events to helping edit films.
Image by Sacca via Flickr under a Creative Commons License.
Charity:water got started when the founder asked for donations in place of gifts at his birthday party in September, three years ago. The money raised funded six wells in Uganda. So, in addition to plenty of other efforts, they started a September birthday campaign, asking September babies to give up gifts and raise money instead--it raised over $1 million for Ethiopia.
Whether you've got a birthday this month or not, with your page on mycharity: water you can do the same--ask for donations instead of birthday gifts. But you can also ask for donations to coincide with running the NYC marathon, tackling a major bike race, in place of wedding gifts or for no reason at all, other than the cause of helping to increase drinking water access worldwide.
So far the organization has raised over $10 million, but the mycharity: water site has raised $70,529 and counting alone. 100% of the money you raise will be used to build wells and bring clean water to people in need. In 12-18 months, you'll even get to see photos of the projects you helped fund.
If you live in NYC, the non-profit could use your help beyond starting a charity page. Sign up online to attend monthly volunteer nights or to help with everything from delivering water to working events to helping edit films.
Image by Sacca via Flickr under a Creative Commons License.
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