It’s here! Our fifth anniversary September Campaign!
Five years in, you’ve helped us fund more than 4,000 projects around the world to serve over two million people with clean drinking water.
Now… we’re speeding up our impact. Watch our new September trailer to see what’s next for charity: water –
A quick shot of our staff, right when we launched at 11a.m. this morning:
We’ve locked ourselves in the conference room to spend a few hours asking everyone we know to watch and spread our September Campaign video. Join us! Share the video on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, via email… whatever way you can!
More about the video…
footage: Paul Pryor and charity: water
edit: Paul Pryor
music: Sleeping at Last
sound mix: The Rumor Mill
3D graphics: Phillipp + Konstantin Datz
motion graphics: Geoff Schultz
special thanks to RED GIANT software
She started her campaign hoping to raise $300 to bring clean water to 15 people.
Today, friends and strangers helped Rachel Beckwith top $1 million raised in her mycharity: water campaign.
No one at charity: water has been following Rachel’s campaign as closely as Founder and CEO Scott Harrison. Here are a few thoughts from him to those who have helped Rachel’s wish come true:
To everyone who has supported Rachel’s campaign: you are a part of a huge and sweeping movement of generosity, compassion and honor. More than 23,000 people from across the globe have now left donations and messages for Rachel, and her story has even spread throughout Africa.
You may have seen this, but yesterday, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote an incredible op-ed piece entitled “Rachel’s Last Fund-Raiser.” He captured Rachel’s spirit in a profound and powerful way, and I encourage you to read and share the piece if you haven’t seen it yet.
When Rachel’s campaign closes, 100% of the funds raised will go straight to our partners in the field, so they can begin building more water projects for people in need. About 18 months later, when these projects are finished, charity: water will share the GPS coordinates, photos and other details about each community Rachel’s campaign funded water for.
All of us at charity: water have been humbled by the sacrifice and unselfishness of this remarkable little girl. To borrow Nick Kristof’s words, may we all learn from Rachel Beckwith.
Many of you have been following our news about Rachel Beckwith, a nine-year-old girl from Seattle who tragically passed away in a car accident two weeks ago.
Earlier this year, Rachel launched a mycharity: water birthday campaign to raise $300. Rachel’s wish was to bring clean water to 15 people in need. Since her death, her campaign has raised more than $700,000 — which can bring water to more than 37,000 people. It’s by far the highest-raising mycharity: water campaign in history.
This morning, CBS’s The Early Show interviewed Rachel’s mom, Samantha, along with charity: water founder and CEO Scott Harrison. Here’s the story, if you missed it:
After the interview this morning, Samantha dropped by the charity: water office with a friend… and was greeted with a stack of letters and checks we got in the mail today from people all over the U.S. We opened them, read through them and spent some time just chatting in the office together.
We’re blown away by the support behind Rachel’s wish. See how people across the country — and even around the world — have responded to her campaign here >
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