Two years ago, I created my first charity: water fundraiser in honour of my 25th birthday. Together, we raised $150 USD. This year, charity: water completed work on the well that many of you helped me partially fund. That well gives 550 people in a community in Mozambique clean water.

Here's what makes this so cool: now, children are able to go to school for the first time. Instead of walking miles every day to get clean water for their family, they go get educations. This well changes the future of the village.

And the well was planned and built with the community! Local residents formed water committees, which were trained to promote the best hygiene practices for health and sanitation among the community.

The photo you see above is a photo of the well that the last fundraiser paid for.

I started the last fundraising campaign because I believe in charity: water's vision. Today, I'm doing it again.

Our last campaign raised $150 USD. This time, I'm reaching for a more lofty goal. I want to raise at least $1,000 USD. I'd love to knock that goal out of the park, but I need your help to do it.

Please donate to my campaign -- anything you can give is a huge help.

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.

Many of us have no idea what it's like to be thirsty. But many people around the world don’t have that luxury. Every day, about 1,400 children die from diseases caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are simple solutions like drilled wells, spring protections and BioSand filters that help provide clean water to communities around the world.

Even a small donation will make a huge difference in the lives of those in need.