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help girlawhirl build a well!

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Can girlawhirl.com readers finance a well? A donation of just $20 can provide one person clean water for 20 years, but every penny makes a difference. By combining girlawhirl.com reader donations, Girlawhirl believes they can build a well so much so that she¹s putting some extra money where her heart is.

Girlawhirl.com will add a dollar to every donation if you sign up to be a registered user at girlawhirl.com. For every new registered user through July 4th, girlawhirl.com will donate $1 to charity: water, up to an additional $2000. Go to www.girlawhirl.com to register, and an extra $1 will go towards the Girlawhirl's well

	Donate in the name of girlawhirl:
		100% of your donation will directly build freshwater wells and basic sanitation projects. charity: water will prove each well with photos and GPS coordinates in Google Earth. donor disclosure policy >

	The world water crisis is one of the largest public health issues of our time. The lack of clean, safe drinking water is estimated to kill almost 4,500 children per day. Water is essential to the treatment of diseases, something especially critical for children. A third of the Earth’s population lives in “water stressed” countries and that number is expected to rise dramatically over the next two decades. The crisis is worst in developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Many women and young girls in rural areas in Sub-Saharan African and other parts of the world must trek as much as six miles everyday to retrieve water for their families. Due to this manual labor, such women and children are prevented from pursuing an education, maintaining their households or earning additional income. Thus, the lack of clean water, coupled with the lack of basic sanitation and a dearth of hygiene education, is one of the largest obstacles to progress and development in these regions and across the world. learn more about the charity: water initiative >

why $20?

A freshwater well costs $3,500-$10,000 and can serve an average of 500 people with clean water for 20 years. So, for $20, one person in Africa is provided with clean water.

what happens next?

After a well is installed, charity: water partners work directly with villagers, teaching them how to maintain and fix their well and hand pump device, while also conducting basic hygiene and sanitati on classes. learn more >