"On my birthday (8/16), I will be 5 and I want to give my birthday to charity:water. I want to give some of my toys too. And some of our water filters too. I want 5 year olds, and grown ups and babies in Africa to have clean water, just like I do."

Elliana

A billion people in the world are living without clean water - but how much are they really living? Millions contract deadly diseases from contaminated water. 30,000 people will die this week alone. The lucky ones won't, but still walk hours each day to get dirty water to give to their families.

Because of charity: water's unique model, 100% of all donations go directly to direct water projects costs, and each donation is "proved" and tracked to the village it helped when projects are complete.