Welcome to It Takes a Village II, a fundraising project I started to raise $10,000 to bring clean water to an entire community!

Many of us have no idea what it's like to be thirsty. We turn on the faucet and clean, drinkable water comes out. We even fork over cash(gladly!) for the convenience and taste of bottled water.

But not everyone has that luxury. Imagine walking for hours just to fill a jerry can with water for your family to drink. And that water is dirty - filled with bacteria, worms, and parasites that will lead to disease and death. Every day, about 1,400 children die from diseases caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation. Amazingly, dirty water is responsible for more death in the world than all forms of violence, including war. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

That’s why I’m working with charity:water to bring clean water to an entire community. For $10,000 charity:water will send out money to a specific project. That could mean drilling a well, building rain catchments, or another water solution that will save and improve the lives of the village's population!

Now, I know $10,000 is a lot of money... It will certainly “take a village”. But with your help we can have a REAL impact on a lot of people’s lives. Charity:water provides updates, reports, and GPS coordinates on the progress so we can follow it in realtime.

And you can rest assured that 100% of your donation go towards our project. Here is the typical breakdown of where it goes:

- 50% for materials: cement, pipes, pumps, construction supplies, training materials.

- 20% for local staff costs: drillers, welders, well technicians and hydrogeologists.

- 10% for mobilization: fuel, vehicles, lodging for drill crews in remote areas.

- 20% for in-country program support: accountants, drivers, computers, internet.

Additional resources:

2022 charity:water annual report:
https://downloads.ctfassets.net/2w85ks0ylymt/hfzzkR7IGq78ZPrV8lkQP/179836ea739a7a440d6632540eb6955a/CW_AnnualReport2022.pdf?

“Spring” video - an introduction to charity:waters founder and purpose:
https://www.facebook.com/charitywater/videos/10155728570597755/