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Showing posts with label Charity: water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charity: water. Show all posts
6.05.2012
4.30.2012
Excited about this NEW development!
INTRODUCING:
CHARITY: WATER'S NEW GOOGLE TRACKING WATER PROJECTS SITE
PROVING IT: GOOGLE MAPS
At charity: water, we've always believed in the power of proof. We use 100% of all public donations to directly fund water projects for communities in need, and we prove each one using GPS coordinates on Google Maps.
This map shows all completed charity: water projects to date. If you don't see your project, this may mean it's still under construction. It takes 18 months to fully complete, and report back on a charity: water project.
3.15.2012
My Rig!!
The rig you funded drilled its first well! | |
| Last September you fundraised, donated and came to a birthday party -- all to help us raise money for two new drilling rigs in Tigray, Ethiopia. Although we've helped 1,600 communities and more than 600,000 people here already, two million people in this region are still waiting for clean water. We need to go faster. Thanks to your passion and hard work, now we can.
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A few weeks ago, the first of the two rigs broke ground drilling its first well in Merara Village. Hours into the drill, it hit a massive aquifer of pure ground water. Soon, 450 lives here will change. And that's just the beginning.
Each rig will go on to drill 80 new wells, and together they'll change 80,000 lives --every single year for the next 15 years.
We'll soon be mounting a GPS device to each rig so you can track them on a map.
Stay tuned.
2.09.2012
A little Valentine Inspiration...
Inspire your Valentine.
This year, give your sweetheart something that goes beyond the warm fuzzies.
These gifts support our mission to provide clean drinking water for people in need.
These gifts support our mission to provide clean drinking water for people in need.
Jerry can cufflinks | $110Crafted by Mark Awad, these cufflinks
are a classy addition to any suit.
$50 from each pair supports our
operating costs and helps us grow.
Jerry can pendant | $90We're crazy about this little silver charm.
Wear it simply with a tee or dress it up.
$60 from each one supports our
operating costs and helps us grow.
1.21.2012
amazing news!!
do you remember this? i was trying to raise awareness and funds for charity: water's september campaign to buy a drilling rig for faster well-digging in africa. about eleven of us bloggers were offered the opportunity to blog about the september campaign, and the top four to bring in the most traffic would get their name engraved on the new rig.
well, i hadn't heard back from them since mid-october, so i wasn't super hopeful that i was one of the lucky four. but then yesterday i got this WONDERFUL email:
It's been a few months since your blog post about charity: water's September Campaign, but I wanted to let you know how much we appreciate your continued support. I'm so happy to let you know that your blog post was one that generated the most traffic to our site on September 30. This means that you've won the chance to have your name on the rig our September Campaign funded this past year for our partners in northern Ethiopia!
We’ll be in touch soon with more details. Once everything is ready to go, you will receive pictures and GPS coordinates so you can follow the impact of your efforts from village to village.
In case you missed it, check out our article about reaching our goal for September Campaign and what that means for the additional 40,000 people per year the rig will help: http://www.charitywater.org/blog/sept-2011-update/
We couldn't have done any of this without your support. I'm looking forward to seeing your name on the rig!
Best,
charity: water
i confess, i started crying when i read it. it's such an honor and i'm so excited about it! thank you thank you thank you so much to all of you who read the post and visited charity: water, or spread the word to family and friends, i couldn't have done it without you!
and a special thanks to my hubby for always encouraging and believing in me. love you!
well, i hadn't heard back from them since mid-october, so i wasn't super hopeful that i was one of the lucky four. but then yesterday i got this WONDERFUL email:
It's been a few months since your blog post about charity: water's September Campaign, but I wanted to let you know how much we appreciate your continued support. I'm so happy to let you know that your blog post was one that generated the most traffic to our site on September 30. This means that you've won the chance to have your name on the rig our September Campaign funded this past year for our partners in northern Ethiopia!
We’ll be in touch soon with more details. Once everything is ready to go, you will receive pictures and GPS coordinates so you can follow the impact of your efforts from village to village.
In case you missed it, check out our article about reaching our goal for September Campaign and what that means for the additional 40,000 people per year the rig will help: http://www.charitywater.org/blog/sept-2011-update/
We couldn't have done any of this without your support. I'm looking forward to seeing your name on the rig!
Best,
charity: water
i confess, i started crying when i read it. it's such an honor and i'm so excited about it! thank you thank you thank you so much to all of you who read the post and visited charity: water, or spread the word to family and friends, i couldn't have done it without you!
and a special thanks to my hubby for always encouraging and believing in me. love you!
12.28.2011
Celebrating 2011!
This year was a whirlwind of excitement, growth, fun, compassion, progress, innovation and impact. We love making videos at charity: water, so we made one to say thank you.
We couldn’t have done any of it without you. We're so thankful for all the amazing ways you help us bring clean drinking water to people in need around the world.
THANK YOU!
12.15.2011
Help us give 800,000 people clean water this year
Help us give 800,000 people clean water this year.
We've had an amazing year so far. Our water programs team has scoured the globe, blazing the trail for charity: water to expand. They've slept on planes, in airports, in tents and in villages. They've traveled on dusty roads to some of the most remote places in the world to meet people in need of clean drinking water -- and find solutions to help them. But the year isn't over yet, and we need your help to finish strong.
So before 2011 wraps up, we want to tell you about three programs we're excited about, and ask for your help funding them. If we can pull it off, we'll have the largest year in the history of charity: water, helping almost 800,000 people get access to clean water this year alone. That's more than one person every minute.
If we reach our goals, our partner Concern Worldwide will install 6 wells that will help 3,000 people in the D.R.C.
The D.R.C. is ranked the least developed nation in the world. And the Manono and Pweto areas in the south are some of the most remote in the country. The people here are used to fending for themselves. They've suffered through years of conflict and isolation.
Cholera outbreaks are common here from contaminated water and lack of sanitation. But they can be prevented if we drill clean water wells, and train communities on safe hygiene and sanitation practices.
Bangladesh is being poisoned. A large aquifer running under several regions here is contaminated with naturally-occurring arsenic at alarming levels. Many wells installed in the 1960s are no longer safe to use.
The handles of these wells have been painted red to discourage people from using them, but when your other choice is to drink water from a swamp, you might take your chances. Arsenic poisoning causes skin lesions, skin cancer and cancer of the internal organs.
With your help, we hope to fund 218 wells in communities and schools in Bangladesh, serving more than 60,000 people with clean water. These wells will draw from a deeper, arsenic-free aquifer. Water will be tested before community use.
Our local partner in Honduras, Water for People, is changing the game. They're not afraid of trying new things and their bold commitment called Everyone promises that when they start working in a region, they don't leave until everyone has access to safe water and sanitation.
Everyone means every household, every person, every school and every clinic. Here in Honduras, we want to fund three large-scale water systems in the Ilama and San Antonio de Cortes regions. These systems will bring clean water close to everyone's homes through a network of pipes and tap stands.
Three ways you can help us fund these programs.
All donations to charity: water will help us fund these programs and several others by the end of 2011. Our goal is to provide 800,000 people with clean drinking water this year.
As always, 100% of every dollar will directly fund work on the ground.
12.11.2011
Holiday Gifts, charity: water style
It's that time of year. The gift promotions are pouring into your inbox.
You have a lot of choices, but we're offering you some that are
different. Profits from charity: water merchandise support our
work and help spread the word about the water crisis.
The JAMBOX for charity: water: $199
$50 from each JAMBOX supports our staff and operations.
At charity: water, we travel a lot. So we love this portable little
speaker. We partnered with Jawbone to create it in a custom Jerry can yellow color, and it’s just the thing for on-the go music.
Wear the Jerry: $25
$18 from each tee supports operating costs.
The Jerry can is a symbol of the water crisis.
Wear it and help us spread the word.
The Gift Card: $40
100% funds water project costs.
Make a donation and dedicate it to someone you love. Comes with a DVD and charity: water wristband.
$30 from each bracelet supports operating costs.
Water is one thing more precious than diamonds. This holiday, give this elegant gift to someone you love!
Plus many more gifts, something for everyone!
11.10.2011
Charity: Ball
Hi friends,
It's almost here.
It’s our biggest, brightest and most exciting night of the year.
And we want to make it yours, too.
Please join us for the sixth annual charity: ball.
All year round, our staff works hard to provide thousands of people in19 countries around the world with clean drinking water. And every December we take a time-out, look back at our year, and celebrate what you've helped us accomplish.
For the first time in five years, we're moving the charity: ball to a new venue-- the 69th Regiment Armory. It's not just a bigger space, it's a sign of how much we've grown thanks to your support.
Please help us celebrate the past five years and the two million people we've served with clean drinking water.
Get your tickets online
9.30.2011
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.
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.
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