Thank you for looking up my fundraising page. We have completed our fund raising goal of $1000 ( with the addition of company matching - which does not reflect on the campaign page :( ). Hence, I have updated the page with a reduced goal. Thank you for taking the time.

Feel free to donate directly at Charity-water.org :D

Cheers and Best,
Preethi & Ravi

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Hi,

We watched an interview of Scott Harrison by Kevin Rose, and were profoundly impressed by this founder who boot-strapped a non-profit, gave up his career to serve people in developing countries, spent time in Africa aiding medical camps and brining-up clean water projects. His story was inspiring and we figured we wanted to contribute in a small way too.

Clean water has greater impact than only water.
Every $1 invested in clean water returns $4-$12 for the local economy. Easy access to clean water - frees local women to focus on economic & educational opportunities. Brings more girls into schools. All of this apart from the obvious health and life saving purposes.

I was impressed by charity water for three reason:
1) Story of the founding.
2) 100% of the donation gets used for the projects. Not for the organization overhead of the charity.
3) We can track GPS & photos - the specific projects that we contributed towards.

This year with my 30th birthday nearing (shsh...!), we thought of doing a small fund-raiser. Especially as I head over the hill, and add more white hair than my poor math skills permit counting. As I rescind my right to respond to any call to the 'young men'. And I can now officially begin sentences with 'In my day.. '. The one-way march unto pertinent discussions of arthritic joint aches, bowel movements, lack of sleep & newspaper sudoku ! ( just kidding... pardon my rant )

We figured instead of spending money on an evening outside - there was probably more value in contributing towards a useful cause. So, that is all this is about. We (Preethi & I) will match every donation 3:1 ( 1:1 by us, 2:1 by Apple :) ). Every $1/Rupee counts & we are very grateful. So please take a look @ Charity Water. See if this interests you..

Thank you for your interest !
Preethi & Ravi