How Your Birthday Can Change the World

HOW YOUR BIRTHDAY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. THE WATER PROBLEM. A WELL IS ALL IT TAKES. a billion people on the planet don't have access to clean and safe drinking water. That's one in eight of us. An average well costs $5,000 and can give a village of 250 people clean water. $20 gives water to one person. i 250 PEOPLE %3D SO WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH MY BIRTHDAY? your birthday is coming up. but you probably have enough stuff. instead of asking for presents, you can ask friends and family for donations to build a well. and people half-way across the world will drink clean water because of you. HOW DOES IT WORK? 100% - you raise money by asking friends for your age in dollars. ex: if you're 31, you ask for $31. we use 100% of your money to build water projects in villages when the work is complete, we prove it with photos and a GPS location of the project. that have no access to clean water. give up your birthday and start changing the world. | charitywater.org