"When the well is dry, we learn the worth of water."

Revelation 22:17 (NLT)

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” Let anyone who hears this say, “Come.” Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life.
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Hey friends, family, and other wonderful people checking out this campaign! First off, thank you so much for even taking the time to read this and learn a little bit more about this cause. As some of you know, my 18th birthday is coming up at the end of the month (September 28). It has been placed on my heart to campaign for my birthday because as I'm reaching adulthood, it hits hard knowing how many millions of children won't live to see their own eighteenth, seventeenth, even sixteenth birthdays due to death caused by waterborne disease. There is always stuff I want, but if I am being honest with myself there is nothing I truly need. In lieu of gifts/money, I want to ask that people donate to my campaign! It would bring me so much joy knowing that I could give my eighteenth birthday up so that thousands of other people can live to see theirs.

I'd love to help contribute to this cause as it is SO IMPORTANT. Clean water is the sole crisis in our world that is not controversial. No matter what religion, political party, race, gender or age, every single person can agree that it is essential for every person in the world to have access to clean water. Currently, 800 million people in the world are living without this basic need that we take for granted. If you'd like more information on the impact you would be making, tons of stories, videos, facts, etc can be found here --> http://www.charitywater.org/whywater/ <-- or below all my personal commentary on this page.

I Would never want to ask y'all to do something that I wasn't willing to participate in either. So in order to kick off this campaign, I'm donating as well! Please check it out and spread the word! Thank you all so much!
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During the hotter part of the year, the average temperature in the Sahel region of West Africa is more than 110 degrees.

For women here, not having access to clean water means hours of painful and exhausting work. Many of them walk miles each day just to reach the 100-year-old hole in the ground where they collect water. And they make that trip four or five times. Not only is that water contaminated and dirt-colored, but it has to be pulled up by hand, one bucket at a time.

The homemade rope burns their hands; it causes bleeding and leaves callouses — even scars. And sometimes the rope breaks, causing women to fall into the wells.

But we can change all of that!

We can bring solar powered pumps into communities and pipe water to tap stands right next to these women’s homes. We can bring time, energy and a better future to 100,000 people in Mali and Niger.

Help me play a small part in changing the lives of women in the Sahel -- donate to my campaign.

100% of everything we raise will directly fund water projects. And when those projects are finished, charity: water will send us proof in pictures and GPS coordinates, so we can see the actual people and communities we impacted.