charity: water September Campaign

Do you ever feel like there's so many people to help and so many things to change that you might as well just not do any of it because you won't get it all done anyways? I think about this often. About looking outside myself, trying to help, making a positive difference... they're daunting thoughts, honestly. Its easy to make excuses, or put things off, waiting. Until next month. Until you have more money. Until you have more time. But it's clear that the world is in need and we can't keep waiting to help. Too many people are thirsty, starving and homeless. I've learned that the best thing to do is begin where you are. Start with the knowledge you have and grow from there. Give of your time, money, ideas and your whole self. And you'll come out of it a thousand times richer than when you started.

This is where charity: water comes in.
charity: water is a non-profit organization that works to bring clean water to the millions of people in developing countries who don't have this luxury, one clean well at a time. water is an incredibly valuable resource and having access to clean, safe water changes a village in more ways than one. A few facts from charity: water:

-Diseases from unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.
-90% of the 30,000 deaths that occur every week from unsafe water and unhygienic living conditions are of children under five years old. Many of these diseases are preventable.
-A clean water project nearby means more than safe drinking water to women and children in developing nations; it means time, freedom and incentive to change their communities.
 
It is easy to see why clean water can elevate a village from one of poverty, disease and inequality to one that flourishes with education, opportunity, and healthy, long lives. This is the change charity: water strives to bring to these villages, this is the difference they are making. For the past five years, they have been funding drilling projects across developing countries like Liberia and Honduras and have successfully brought clean water to two million people.
 

Now they want to move even faster. The goal of their September Campaign is to raise enough money to buy a FS 250 Drilling Rig. This will enable them to dig 80 more wells and bring clean water to 40,000 more people- a year. This rig is the key to opening a literal floodgate of clean water for the people of Ethiopia, and I can't think of a better cause to donate our time, money and energy to this fall. PLUS, if they reach their goal, a donor will match it with a SECOND drilling rig! Even better!
 
You're all invited to join me in helping charity: water achieve their goal by the end of October! There are so many ways you can help:
 
1. Spread the word. Blog about it, facebook it, tweet it, morris code it. Anything and everything makes a difference!
2. Visit the charity: water September Campaign site to make a donation- 100% goes to the drilling rig. Also, you can go there to stay up-to-date on how the campaign is going.
3. Get buttons and banners here, watch the campaign trailer, and put them up on your blog or website.
4. Get invloved here by volunteering or starting your own fundraiser to raise money for the new rig. You could ask for donations to charity: water for your birthday this month or hold a yard sale- every little bit helps!
 
 
Begin where you are.

Don't wait for the easy moment. Make every moment count.
Start today.