Over the course of my life, I’ve been blessed to see so much of this planet. But the experiences that have affected me most profoundly have happened far from the stage. Out of all of the challenges that I’ve seen humanity face, lack of clean water has been the most catastrophic. It affects health, livelihood, and access to education, especially for girls.

In 2010, I donated my birthday to charity: water and together we were able to fund eight water projects in Ethiopia. I had the opportunity to visit and see the difference that clean water brings with my own eyes. That is why I’m so passionate about charity: water’s mission to end the global water crisis in their lifetime.

There is a lot of brokenness in this world, and we cannot fix all of it. But by giving clean water, each of us can make the human experience better for someone else. I hope you’ll join me.