In 3 weeks, I'm going to run the London Marathon!

That's 26.2 miles of sweating, pushing, giving everything I've got.

Sounds rough, right? Well imagine doing all of that without clean water.

Every week, millions of women and their children walk more than 14 miles just to get water for their families. Most of this water is contaminated, but it's the only water they have. They take the chance of catching diseases like bilharzia and schistosomiasis (parasites) - with every sip. There's nothing they can do to change it.

So, what can I do?

My mission is to raise as much money as possible for water. I want every step to matter. I'm asking for pledges of $1 per mile or flat out donations to help achieve my goal.

Because of charity: water's unique model, 100% of all donations go directly to water projects, and each donation is "proved" when projects are complete. I aim to raise as much as I can over the next 7 weeks and beyond.

I hope you'll join me in helping them now....and hopefully over the coming months come back and visit this page and you'll be able to see the results of your donations :)