how it works:
$20 can give one person clean water for 20 years. charity: water will give *100% of your money to fund a freshwater well in Ethiopia that costs $3,500.  Each well will be proved using photos and GPS coordinates in Google Earth. 

In January of this year a very close friend introduced me to Scott Harrison, the founder of charity:water. Upon learning of his journey over the past few years, and the hope that he has brought to so many lives through clean water, within minutes I was committed to help.

The first step for me in doing such is to raise awareness among my friends and peers. To this end, I am sponsoring a well so that each of you can see the impact clean water can have on another's life (the well will be visible through Google Earth and photos of our success will soon accompany this link). My hope, however, is that your contribution will not only help build the well that I am sponsoring, but that your awareness and passion will help find others to do the same.

Thus, the amount of your contribution while important is not the our goal; our goal is raising awareness. Understanding this it is not surprising that when I asked Scott how much I would need to donate to help build a well he said “$20 and another $20 from 174 of your friends”.

Thank you in advance for your help and please share our message.

-Andrew