Friends,

To celebrate my 27th birthday, I decided to do something new: a water campaign. I first read about charity:water last year and since then, I've been thinking on how I'd be able to help them get more donors. By pure coincidence, I was checking their website on World Water Day and they were asking people to give their birthday up. That was exactly what I'd been looking for!

Why did I choose charity:water among so many charities? Their beautiful videos proving the water projects that were concluded caught my attention, it's impossible not to be touched by them. But what really matters is their mission.

Can you imagine living without access to clean water, having to walk for hours to be able to get some (very dirty) water? Neither can I. But almost 1 billion (!!!) people live like that, and children are the most affected, representing 90% of the 30,000 deaths that happen every week, due to contaminated water and lack of hygiene.

My goal is to reach $5,000, so that a water project can take place in a village of around 250 people. Any amount you can donate to help me reach this objective will be really welcome! And if we are able to surpass $5,000, even more people will get access to clean water!

The best part: 100% of all donations go directly toward water projects. And about 18 months after this campaign ends, charity:water will show us where and how every dollar we raised ended up helping in the field. We'll see GPS coordinates, photos and more details about the communities we've impacted.

charity:water is rated 4/4 stars at Charity Navigator (http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12548), an American organization that evaluates charities, with a score as good as the Doctors Without Borders. You can check charity:water's website to see for yourself examples of projects that they concluded (their website is extremely well done, with very nice videos and pictures). And if you have some extra time, watch the interview with their founder, Scott Harrison, it's very interesting: https://www.charitywater.org/about/scotts_story.php.

I count on you to reach my goal!

Thanks,

Alex