Almost a billion people in this wonderful world of us live without access to clean drinking water.
The dedicated members of Charity: Water have been changing that profile with startling results.
Birthdays are being celebrated by ... asking family, friends and colleagues to donate the money they would have spent for a present for you towards building a well for clean water instead.
This year, 36 people in Rwanda will get clean water because a boy named Lory turned six in New York.
Lory learned about millions of people in the world who walk up to two hours a day to collect water for their families - water that is not clean, but is all the water they have.
Lory gave up presents for his birthday and instead asked his family and friends to donate $6 to help build clean water projects.
With this effort and two Youtube videos, Lory raised funds.
The projects that were funded by his birthday campaign are currently underway in Rwanda.
Soon 36 people in Rwanda will stop drinking from the river or swamp, and have clean water near their homes for the first time.
Why not celebrate your birthday in style?
Fund a well and change lives immeasurably for the better ...
See Charity: Water The Birthday Project at
http://www.charitywater.org/birthdays/history
and 'Birthdays can change the world'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcEOdrszsCE
Photograph by Catherine Nicolette. Links with thanks to Charity: Water
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