Edema Ruh, you all mean so much to me and I think that donating to Charity: Water will continue our legacy of making an impact beyond our own community. You guys are a second family to me and I know that we can make a difference. I choose Charity: Water because of their practicality and transparency.

I don't want you to give because of guilt or a sense of duty to me. But if you agree with their vision, I would love for you to consider donating in order to help us reach our goal.

I haven't ironed out details with other friends/family, but I know my parents will match at least up to $5000. I'd love to see how far we can go this year.

*If you have a company that matches your donations, please don't give through this campaign. Donate individually and let me know. Charity: Water doesn't support company matching on campaigns, and I'm more interested in having the biggest impact than in our campaign size. Let me know if you need more information (I will just add up this campaign and any individual donations once we conclude).

Many of us have no idea what it's like to be thirsty. We have plenty of water to drink -- even the water in our toilets is clean!

But many people around the world don’t have that luxury. Every day, about 1,400 children die from diseases caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are simple solutions like drilled wells, spring protections and BioSand filters that help provide clean water to communities around the world.

Please donate to our campaign -- anything you can give is a huge help.

100% of the money will be used to build clean water projects, and when they’re complete, charity: water will send us photos and GPS coordinates so we can see the exact community we helped.