Team Ethiopia

Team Ethiopia
GOAL: To fund freshwater projects in Ethiopia.

	In Lori's words: Team Ethiopia's mission is to build well(s) in Ethiopia where most of our adoptive children came from. After many of us parents have been to Ethiopia we came home different on several levels. One thing that is very clear to us is that we need and want to do more for the Ethiopian people. They are beautiful inside and out. Dirty water causes many kinds of illness and can even cause death. Several of our children came home to America with some of these water born illness' that thankfully could be treated here. Look around this awesome website here on charity: water for tons more information about the magnificent things they're doing. The urgency of this cause is enormous and the cost is so little. Please, donate any amount you can. Our goal is to try and get every family to donate $50. But any amount will get the job done. Together, Team Ethiopia will bring water to the many men, women, and children who desperately need it. Won't you please join our Team! But please, if you want to donate to our team well, you MUST do it from this page and not from the charity: water main page. If you donate from the main page then your funds will go to the general fund and not to our well. Thanks for your support. There is power in numbers and together we can accomplish this! God Bless Ethiopia! Lori Parker		Help Lori build a well. 100% of your donation will directly build freshwater wells and fund basic sanitation projects. View donor disclosure policy >
			charity: water is a non profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. We give 100% of the money raised to direct project costs, funding freshwater wells and other sustainable clean water solutions in areas of greatest need.


The water crisis affects 1 in 6 people on the planet.		$20 can give one person clean water for 20 years.
	1.1 billion people on our planet lack access to safe, clean drinking water. That's one in six of us. 80% of all disease on the planet is attributable to the lack of water and basic sanitation. learn more >		Underground aquifers can be found even in dry areas, and with the proper funding and knowledge, wells can be built. A freshwater well costs $5,000 and can serve an average of 500 people with clean, safe drinking water for 20 years. learn more >

What happens after a well is built?		Closing the loop: proving it in GoogleEarth.
	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 sanitation classes.		charity: water proves every well built using photos, video, and GPS coordinates plotted in Google Earth. charity: water staff or volunteers visit the projects on the ground, to monitor and evaluate the work being done. see the finished wells in Google Earth >