This campaign closed on Dec 14, 2011 Ashton Anderson brought clean water to Yellow Thunder.

Ashton Anderson

Ashton's Thrilling Drilling Campaign

organized by Ashton Anderson

Help Ashton give the gift of clean water. 100% of every donation raised will fund charity: water's work providing access to clean water projects around the world.

$1,100.10

raised

$1,000

goal

Why Ashton Anderson is fundraising for clean water

Hi! I'm Ashton. I'm 8 years old and I like fishes and puffins. I like to play with my twin brother and football.

This fall, I'm looking to get a new set of wheels. They're not for me, though -- they're for bringing life's most basic need to people currently living without it.

I want to help fund a drilling rig to bring clean water to people in northern Ethiopia.

Almost a billion people on the planet live without safe water to drink. The solution is sometimes right under their feet, in freshwater aquifers deep underground. But you can't get to it by digging with shovels. You need a powerful drilling rig to reach hundreds of feet into the earth.

That's where we come in.

charity: water is turning five this September. To date, they've helped bring clean drinking water to more than 2 million people -- but now, they're stepping it up. They have three rigs operating at full capacity in Northern Ethiopia, but aren't going fast enough. To really have impact on the water crisis, charity: water needs to start funding the equipment necessary to get more work done on the ground.

Join me, and together we can help fund an FS 250 drilling rig and equipment for charity: water's partners in northern Ethiopia. 100% of what we raise will go toward this new rig, which can drill 80 wells each year. That means we can help 40,000 more people each year get access to clean water!

There's a bonus -- charity: water is going to mount a GPS device to the drilling rig we help fund, so we'll be able to follow it from village to village once the work gets under way!

The drilling team in Ethiopia is ready and villages without clean water are waiting. Join me in making clean water a reality for those in need.

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This campaign brought clean water to Yellow Thunder, Ethiopia.

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Top Donors

  • 1
    Summer Lang
    $250
  • 2
    Cynthia Jensen
    $200
  • 3
    Melissa Anderson
    $150
  • 4
    Melissa Anderson
    $30
  • 5
    your family
    $25
Past campaigns
Ashton's 10th Birthday
Ended Jul 7, 2013
Raised $5,398.75
Ashton's Thrilling Drilling Campaign
Ended Dec 14, 2011
Raised $1,100.10