Many of us have no idea what it's like to be thirsty. We have plenty of water to drink -- even the water in our toilets is clean!

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.

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In honor of International Women’s Day (Wednesday, March 8), WLPN is raising money for Charity:Water, a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries. 663 million people in the world live without clean water, and this disproportionately affects women and children.

Access to clean water would have an impact on:
- EMPOWERMENT - In Africa alone, women spend 40 billion hours a year walking for water, and women are responsible for 72% of the water collected in Sub-Saharan Africa. Access to clean water would give women their lives back and time to earn an income, get an education, start businesses, and take charge of their own futures.
- EDUCATION - Clean water helps keep kids in school, especially girls. Clean water and proper toilets at school means teenage girls don’t have to stay home for a week out of every month.
- HEALTH - Diseases from dirty water kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Access to clean water and basic sanitation can save around 16,000 lives every week

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Please donate to our campaign -- anything you can give is a huge help to support clean water projects and help people, especially women, around the world.

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.