I am aware that $5,000 is very ambitious, but I am in love with this cause and can't think of a better way to spend my birthday!

The facts speak for themselves:

-Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of diseases and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.

-90% of the 42,000 deaths that occur every week from unsafe water and unhygienic living conditions are to children under five years old. Many of these diseases are preventable. The UN predicts that one tenth of the global disease burden can be prevented simply by improving water supply and sanitation.

-In Africa alone, people spend 40 billion hours every year just walking for water.

3 years ago I was introduced to charity: water, more significantly the water crisis in the world. Ever since I've felt called to make a difference, even if it is just helping 1 person have clean water that didn't before.

Please give $22 for my 22nd birthday and together we can make a dent in relief efforts. Remember, $20 = 1 person having access to clean water for 20 years- there is no simpler math equation than that.

Happy giving!