Hello Everyone!

On February 24th, I'm turning 31.

Some of you know, my 30th year was not exactly as I expected, I have been through some tough times, tough conversations with people and tough decisions. Right now I am trying to adapt myself to these fast changes in my life, and trying to recover.

Also, some of you know that I always wanted to do something good for our planet since long time, I tried, planned, but never had the chance for devoing myself fully for this. So, this will be a start for me, and I need your support in this.

I had quite a time during the past months and continuously reading articles on the Internet. During this time, I found out diseases from unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war! Millions of people don't live to see their fifth birthdays because they don't have access to clean, safe water. Then I came across with this charity: water project that helps people access clean water through donations. People pledge their birthdays to this project and bring clean water to the people in need.

I did so too! Here is my Birthday website:

http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign/?campaign_id=34606

$20 is enough to make a person access to a clean water project in their village, and I aim to help 500!

So, I'm asking for some donation from everyone I know or I don’t know yet :-) -- and every penny of the money raised will go directly to fund clean water projects in developing nations. Also these guys will show us exactly which projects we funded once they've been fully completed (which takes about 18 months). That means we'll be able to see the communities we've helped!

Please join me to make this birthday count. Let's help them together!

Melissa