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November 1, 2012
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Surviving Hurricane Sandy.

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Exactly two days ago, Sandy blasted the East Coast and lower Manhattan full of wind and water and left our Soho office in the dark. Everyone at charity: water is alright, but many members of our team are without electricity, internet or running water. Thankfully, our longtime friends and supporters, Lynne and Steve Foote, have taken us in and allowed their spacious and cozy home to be overrun with power cables, laptops and un-showered charity: water staff.

We’ve set up camp here for the next day or two, and we couldn’t be happier about our temporary office. Lynne and Steve have supported the charity: water mission from year one and have been dear friends. Their daughter Madeleine was our very first intern in 2006, and last year, Lynne came with us to Ethiopia to see the wells she helped build with her mycharity: water birthday campaigns.

This was our first day in our new temporary office, and we have to say, we can definitely get used to this!

We’re so thankful that we’re safe and that we’ll be able to return to our office soon, but we know that many on the East Coast have lost everything, and are sleeping in storm shelters tonight. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with them.

- the charity: water staff

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October 19, 2012
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Check out our 2011 Annual Report.

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A lot happened at charity: water in 2011, so we put some extra TLC into our 2011 annual report. We also decided that this was the year to go digital, so we made it a website! Read all about the events, milestones and stories that made last year unforgettable. Launch the 2011 Annual Report ยป







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September 10, 2012
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Our sixth birthday party: all grown up.

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charity: water began with a birthday party. On September 7, 2006, founder Scott Harrison asked friends to give $20 at the door and, in one foot-loose night, they funded life-saving water projects in Uganda.

Last Friday, September 7, we celebrated our sixth birthday at the gorgeous Hudson Terrace in Manhattan. Everyone was invited, and in honor of our current September Campaign, we charged $65 per ticket — the cost to give clean water to one person in Rwanda.

That night, we raised a total of $20,115, which means 309 more people will have access to clean, safe water.
Just because we threw a party.

Work is already beginning in Rwanda, thanks to our awesome supporters, so we paused to share this quick video shot that same day by our team in the field. We cheered and then we danced.

Enjoy the night in pictures:

Photos by Danielle Faletra, Parker Young, and Natalie Ingle.

charity: water sixth birthday

Huge thanks to Hudson Terrace for hosting, VeeV and Anheuser-Busch for the libations, and Anthony Batista for spinning great tunes.

September Campaign 2012 website

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August 30, 2012
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from the office: Town Hall and NYSE

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Tuesday night, in the midst of the September Campaign, charity: water’s staff paused to think big picture. For our semi-annual Town Hall meeting, we talked strategy to reach our organizational goal of giving clean water to 100 million people. We’ve served 2.5 million people already but that means we’re only 2.5% of the way there, so these updates are crucial to keep us on track.

Then we took a break from business to honor four hard-working colleagues–Jasdeep Gosal, Melissa Burmester, Bill Bell, and Stephanie Goetz, who, as MVP of MVPs, was awarded Jerry, the mustachioed bunny (named after our Jerry can logo).

charity: water staff at our Town Hall meeting

The very next afternoon, those MVPs got to join a few others of the charity: water team to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Over 100 million people from around the world watch this event every day – now that many more people know about us and our current September Campaign for Rwanda.

charity: water at New York Stock Exchange NYSE photos by Ben Hider

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August 21, 2012
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September Campaign 2012.

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September Campaign 2012
We’re turning six. To celebrate, we launched the September Campaign to bring clean water to the people of Rwanda.

From tragedy to triumph, Rwandans have rebuilt their country faster than anyone thought possible. Now, they’re working to give clean water to every single person. You can help.

September Campaign 2012 website

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