This campaign closed on Dec 31, 2014 Fran Ellsworth brought clean water to Fio 3.
organized by Fran Ellsworth
Help Fran 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.
$204
raised
$340
goal
For women in the Sahel, the first step out of poverty begins with clean water. Let's help!
**** YOUR DONATION WILL BE MATCHED IF YOU GIVE TODAY! LET'S DOUBLE OUR IMPACT!!!****
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.
Let's change this, my friends!
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 birthday 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. It's the best e-mail you'll get all year. I promise.
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Happy birthday to Fran. Happy drinking to the Africans.
Happy birthday my dear, dear friend! Enjoy your day!
Fran has partially funded 5 projects.
are you a friend of fran? bday edition
This campaign closed on Sep 30, 2017 Fran Ellsworth brought clean water to Fio 3.
$20
raised and sent to the field
0
est. people served
Fran's 34th bday
This campaign closed on Dec 31, 2014 Fran Ellsworth brought clean water to Fio 3.
$204
raised and sent to the field
6
est. people served
Fran's 30-something-ish bday
This campaign closed on Dec 31, 2013 Fran Ellsworth brought clean water to Fio 3.
$76
raised and sent to the field
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est. people served
it's my bday!
This campaign closed on Sep 30, 2012 Fran Ellsworth brought clean water to Fio 3.
$320.74
raised and sent to the field
10
est. people served
Fran's 30th Birthday
This campaign closed on Sep 30, 2010 Fran Ellsworth brought clean water to Fio 3.
$205
raised and sent to the field
6
est. people served
100% of the money raised by this campaign is being used to bring clean water to help those in need. In 21 months we’ll be able to show you exactly where the money went and who it helped.