My birthday is around the corner and this year I want to do something a little different. I want to help people get clean drinking water. I just finished doing the 30 hour famine, so all I got to put in my stomach was water and juice. I can't even imagine what those 30 hours would have been like without that water being clean. Something needs to be done about people not having clean water.

Did you know that almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water? Every day, 5,000 kids die from water-related illnesses before they reach their fifth birthday. 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.

100% of every dollar you donate to my birthday campaign will be used to build clean water projects in developing countries. charity: water funds their operating costs separately through a group of private donors, so 100% of all public donations will go directly to people in need.

Help me make this birthday my best ever -- donate to my campaign!