Two years ago, I organized a fundraiser for charity: water to celebrate my 25th birthday. The donations of that fundraiser helped fund a drilled well in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, where a community of 225 people has access to clean water as of March 2018.

I'll be turning 27 this week, and I thankfully still don't need anything else to live a comfortable life. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for many people around the world. Every day, about 1,400 children die from diseases caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation.

The good news is that it doesn’t have to be that way. With your support we can provide for drilled wells, spring protections and BioSand filters that help provide clean water to communities around the world.

While I am aware that the campaign goal of $970 is a bit of a stretch, if we are able to reach it we can provide 27 people with access to clean water. That's 27 lives impacted by a small act of generosity—one for each year I've been blessed to live on this planet. :)

If any of my friends or family reading this were planning on buying me a gift, please don't. While I don't need any more "stuff", there are 27 other people who desperately need access to clean water. Together we can impact these lives and give them hope for a much better future. I'm going to donate something myself as well and would love it if you did too, even if it's just $5.

Thanks,

Arka

P.S. 100% of the money will be used to build clean water projects, and when they’re complete, charity: water will send us photos and GPS coordinates so we can see the exact community we helped.