If you are reading this, it means that the video had an impact on you just like it did on me. When I saw it for the first time my eyes filled up and my stomach turned around. Through my travels around the world i was familiar with this problem but I was so much younger than and focussed on so many other things that I never took action. Now older and wiser I have learned my lesson and feel it as a responsibility to take action when there are people in need. In the world we live in we all keep on wanting more and more, more cloth, another watch, shoes, more nights out to dinner etc etc. After watching this video i felt a bit embarrassed and humiliated and said to myself, NO Maxim you have more than you need and can do without all those extras that you want. With my and your donation , this can be small or big, we help the world become a better place and really make a change. 

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, not anymore. There are simple solutions like drilled wells, spring protections and BioSand filters that help provide clean water to communities around the world.

I started this fundraising campaign to help charity: water build these types of projects around the world, and I'm looking for anyone who can help me.

I ask you kindly to please donate to my 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.

I thank you from the heart.

Maxim J Rettich
Rizia Rettich