BIRTHDAYS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
There are a billion people living without clean water. Four Septembers ago, we had a crazy idea. We asked our friends to give up their birthdays and ask for donations instead of gifts. We used 100% of the money raised to build water projects. Every year, it got bigger. We've now helped over a million people get clean water. This September, join us again. Watch the Trailer. Start a campaign. Give up your birthday. It can change the world.
LIVE DRILL DAY 1 1. No water for
our birthday
LIVE DRILL DAY 2 2. We move to
another village
LIVE DRILL DAY 3 3. The first well
is complete!
TRAILER SEPTEMBER
CAMPAIGN TRAILER
HELP BUILD WELLS. 100% GOES TO DIRECT PROJECT COSTS.
START A CAMPAIGN September Campaign has come to an end. But the fundraising is just starting. All campaigns started in the month of September will continue collecting donations for C.A.R.
TOP SIX SEPTEMBER CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISERS.
Will and Jada Smith
raised: $85,250
Ken Hertz
raised: $38,593
Ruby on Rails Team
raised: $37,468
Authentic Jobs
raised: $21,386
Dave Stewart
raised: $17,748
David Roeske
raised: $13,103
SOME OF OUR FAVORITE CREATIVE SEPTEMBER CAMPAIGNS.
UA - Water for Life
raised: $1,577
Avery's 1st Birthday
raised: $1,419
Namira Turns 23!
raised: $2,391
Running for Water
raised: $240
Paddle for Water
raised: $945
In Memory of Aaron
raised: $1,640
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WHO ARE THE BAYAKA?
The Bayaka are an African Pygmy tribe. They were one of the lasthunter-gatherer societies in the world until the logging industry pushedthem out of the forest. Now, they’re learning to live on the outskirts ofvillages, where they face rejection and abuse by locals who see them asanimals who belong in the jungle. Many Bayaka live without clean water insouthern C.A.R. We want to bring clean and safe drinking water to every oneof them.
See up-close how the Bayaka live
in photos > DINNER HOME HOME HOME our goal this
september is to raise
$1.7 MILLION
to give clean water
to 100% of Bayaka
16,000 Bayaka
and 74,000 Central Africans for a total of
90,000 people
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (C.A.R.)
charity: water started working in C.A.R. in 2007 through local partnerIntegrated Community Development International (
ICDI). Since then, we’vefunded 199 water projects serving 216,489 people with clean and safedrinking water. charity: water has given one in every 19 people in C.A.R. clean drinking water. But our work is just getting started here.
4.3 million
population | 1.5 million (34%)
without clean water | 48 years
life expectancy |
90%
unemployment | 64% of population
lives on less than $1 a day | 69% of population
don’t have a toilet |
HELP SPREAD THE WORD.
Download photos from the field, the High Definition September Campaign 2010 trailer, web banners to post on your blog, twitter backgrounds and more. Help us spread the word and raise awareness about the water crisis in Central African Republic.
WHAT’S THE SEPTEMBER CAMPAIGN?
charity: water started with a birthday party. When founder ScottHarrison turned 31, he asked everyone he knew to come to a party and bringmoney for clean water instead of gifts. He raised more than $15,000 and weused the money to give water to people living in a refugee camp in Uganda.In 2007 we did it again, but asked others born in September to join in aswell. They gave up birthday gifts and together we raised $150,000 to bringclean water to hospitals and schools in Kenya. A year later, 900 peoplejoined the movement, and almost $1 million was raised through birthdays.This year, we’re doing it again -- but bigger. We hope to bring clean andsafe drinking water to a forgotten people in a forgotten nation: the Bayakain Central African Republic. The 210 water projects that will serve 90,000people will cost $1.7 million -- an ambitious goal, but one we can reachwith your help.
See previous September Campaigns --
2007 |
2008 |
2009Watch your birthday change the world.
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