5TH ANNIVERSARY
SEPTEMBER CAMPAIGN
WE DRILLED
THE FIRST WELL.
Thank you for your passion and generosity.
Last September you fundraised, donated and came to a birthday party -- all to help us raise money for two new drilling rigs in Tigray, Ethiopia.
The first of the two rigs broke ground drilling its first well in Merara Village on February 28, 2012. Hours into the drill, it hit a massive aquifer of pure ground water. And that's just the beginning. Each rig will go on to drill 80 new wells, and together they'll change 80,000 lives -- every single year for the next 15 years.
We'll soon be mounting a GPS device to each rig so you can track them on a map. Stay tuned.
A MATCH TO BUY A SECOND DRILLING RIG.
= 160 new wells = 80,000 people/year
* * * One of our earliest supporters, Virginia Clay, is matching September Campaign funds with an additional $1.2 million. All money raised beyond the cost of two drilling rigs will fund clean water projects.
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YOU'VE HELPED US GIVE 2 MILLION PEOPLE* CLEAN WATER… SO WHAT'S NEXT?
charity: water started five years ago with a simple idea: we’d share our story with the world, ask others to join us, and use 100% of the money we raised to fund clean water for people in need. With your help, we’ve had explosive growth. Our partners in the field are working at capacity to implement our projects. The only way to keep fighting the water crisis at this rate is to buy the equipment our partners need to get the job done faster.
$42,000,000
from 200,000 supporters
4,282
water projects
2,060,000
*people will be served
when projects are complete
when projects are complete
charity: water funds its first water projects in Uganda.
We expand work to 8 new countries.
We start
working in Asia
and Latin America.
We serve our
1 millionth person with clean water.
60%
We increase the number of people we serve by 60%.
5 YEARS!
We start investing in equipment we need to go faster.
We build our partners' capacity so we can serve millions more with clean water in
the next decade.
the next decade.
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HOW YOU CAN HELP.
We've only gotten this far because of people like you who share an
extraordinary passion to fight the water crisis. Join us.
extraordinary passion to fight the water crisis. Join us.
* Fundraising for September Campaign is now closed.
With your help, we've reached our goal of $1.2 million for a drilling rig fleet. A charity: water supporter will match the money raised, helping us fund a second drilling rig. Two drilling rigs can drill 160 wells each year, providing 80,000 additional people with access to clean, safe drinking water.
With your help, we've reached our goal of $1.2 million for a drilling rig fleet. A charity: water supporter will match the money raised, helping us fund a second drilling rig. Two drilling rigs can drill 160 wells each year, providing 80,000 additional people with access to clean, safe drinking water.
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HOW WE WORK.
THE NEW FS 250 FLEET 
CREW
CREW
Our goal for the 2011 September Campaign is to fund a brand new drilling rig and other equipment needed to accelerate our impact. Our partners in northern Ethiopia have already assembled their drilling team. Here’s the breakdown of the equipment we want to bring them:
FS 250 DRILLING RIG + fleet
A heavy-duty drilling rig with the capacity to drill 80 wells per year, mounted on a 3-axle truck to get through the toughest terrain.
drills 80 wells / year
the FS 250 can drill one well every 4.5 days.
serves 40,000 people / year
drilling 80 wells per year, the FS 250 can bring 40,000 people a year access to clean, safe water.
$700,000
The FS 250 drilling rig
Compressor
& truck
$200,000
& truck
$200,000
Support truck,
transport, insurance
$100,000
transport, insurance
$100,000
Pipes, tools, drilling
bits, spare parts
$200,000
bits, spare parts
$200,000
$1,200,000
Total cost of fleet
Meet the drillers 
The drilling team for theFS 250 fleet is ready to go!
THE GOAL : 100% COVERAGE.
Our local partner Relief Society of Tigray (REST), plans to serve 100% of northern Ethiopia with access to clean water. Their strategy includes many water solutions: drilled wells, hand-dug wells, spring protections and rainwater catchments, to name a few. We want to help them reach the target number of drilled wells sooner, which will speed up their plan to achieve 100% coverage.
Tigray's water coverage:
4.5M
people live in Tigray
2.2M
need access to clean water
3,640
wells are needed to serve 2.2M people
With the three drilling rigs our partner currently has, it will take them 14 years to reach 100% water coverage in the Tigray region.
= 14 YEARS
= 10 YEARS
With an additional charity: water rig, our partner will be able to drill enough wells to reach 100% coverage in 10 years.
WHAT A DRILLING RIG CAN DO.
Currently, REST has three drilling rigs working at full capacity.
A new drilling rig fleet allows REST to drill up to 80 new wells per year, which can provide 40,000 more people with access to clean drinking water. That means that in 15 years, we can provide water for 600,000 people -- people who otherwise would’ve waited on a long list for their village’s well.
THE FS 250
DRILLING RIG CAN…
DRILL
80
WELLS
/YEAR
/YEAR
PROVIDE
CLEAN
WATER TO
40,000
PEOPLE
YEAR