A big thanks to the thousands of you around the world that have supported the september campaign to bring clean water to people in Ethiopia!
here’s an update on the progress:
If you missed the Live Drilling footage we sent from satellite from Ethiopia - check it out here: (LIVE DRILL)
Now, more than 1324 people have given up their birthday presents, and helped raise more than $724,000 in just 4 weeks.
That’s enough to build 181 wells in Ethiopia and give more than 72,000 people clean water. We’re almost halfway to our goal of $1.5m, with 13 days to go. We still need your help.
Ways to Help.
Donate.
Ok, so my birthday is over, but I am still fighting for donations to build all 333 wells. Before the campaign began, I challenged 7-year-old Max Schmidhauser to a fundraising duel. Max’s dad works at A Glimmer of Hope Foundation, who’s our implementing partner for the campaign.
I told him I’d raise more than 10 times than he could, and if I didn’t, I’d record a public video letting him know that he beat me and… well… that he was the greatest. He happens to be way out fundraising me (he’s at $14,227)…
Pick a side
Donate $7 or more for Max here: http://www.charitywater.org/birthdays/fundraiser/sept/view/72
Donate $33 or more for me here: http://www.charitywater.org/birthdays/fundraiser/sept/view/30
2. Contribute matching funds. Can you or your company contribute $4,000 to build a whole well in Ethiopia? Or $40,000 for 10 wells? Email us for more info: backus@charitywater.org
3. Get a September T-Shirt and help us spread the word. White and Black tees are now in.
A few hours ago, water came shooting out of the ground from 184 feet deep at the Abenea school in northern Ethiopia. More than 2,000 people looked on and cheered, knowing their kids would soon have clean water to drink.
Please take 2 minutes and watch the drilling video.
In the past few weeks, thousands of you from around the world have supported the September campaign for Ethiopia. (www.borninseptember.org) More than 1,100 people have given up birthday gifts for clean drinking water.
Our goal? To raise $1.5m in the month of September to build 333 wells here in Ethiopia. Asking for our age in dollars, in the past three weeks we’ve gotten a good start, raising more than $420,000. That’s enough to build 105 wells, but we won’t stop fighting until we reach our goal.
When we saw the Abenea school 5 months ago, it was a different place. The 1,200 students had no clean water to drink, and many girls weren’t able to attend school because they had to walk hours for dirty water.
Thanks to your support of the campaign, we were able to start drilling this morning. We’ll continue posting daily videos via satellite here until the well is finished. We are are passionate about showing you exactly what 100% of your money can do.
We still need your help.
It’s still my birthday. Please consider donating $33 or more to help us reach our goal! 100% of every dollar you give goes directly to build wells. And the next $200,000 we raise will be matched dollar for dollar.
see Abenea School before >
-Scott Harrison
special thanks to evosat and inmarsat for donating the bandwidth to make these satellite video transmissions possible. to our local partner, a glimmer of hope foundation. and to the amazing charity: water staff - becky, nicky, vik, phillip, robin, bret and carrie - for believing in this campaign and working to make it a reality.
