Rachel Turbessi's Fundraising Page
Help Fund a Water Project
The amazing efforts of everyday people doing extraordinary things... for others.
It's hard for most of us to imagine that clean, safe water is not something that can be taken for granted.
Clean, safe drinking water is scarce. Today, nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don't have access to it. Yet, we take it for granted, we waste it, and we even pay too much to drink it from little plastic bottles.
Water is the foundation of life. And still today, all around the world, far too many people spend their entire day searching for it.
In places like sub-Saharan Africa, time lost gathering water and suffering from water-borne diseases is limiting people's true potential.
Education is lost to sickness. Economic development is lost while people merely try to survive. But it doesn't have to be like this. It's needless suffering.
Education
When students are freed from gathering water, they return to class. With proper and safe latrines, girls stay in school through their teenage years.
Hunger
Access to water leads to food security. With less crop loss, hunger is reduced. Schools can feed students with gardens, reducing costs.
Health
Safe water, clean hands, healthy bodies. Time lost to sickness is reduced and people can get back to the work of lifting themselves out of poverty.
Poverty
Access to water can break the cycle of poverty. The communities we serve are ready to grow. We can't wait to see how they choose to do it.
In some places, it is simply dry. Water is hard to find. In others, this most critical need is literally only a few feet below ground waiting to sustain life.
The Water Project, Inc. is a non-profit organization working to provide access to clean water to people in developing nations who suffer needlessly without it.
With our team of supporters we're funding clean water projects like water wells and rain catchment systems.
YOU CAN HELP!!! DONATE AND SAVE LIVES!!!
WOULDN'T YOU WANT SOMEONE TO HELP YOU IF THEY COULD? I WOULD... SO LET'S COME TOGETHER & SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES WE CAN HELP/CHANGE/ OR SAVE!!!
Who's Helping?
| Date | Donor | Amount | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/20/15 | Emily LaPointe | $70.28 | |
| 02/23/15 | Rachel Turbessi | $68.00 | I can't do it on my own, but with the help of my Friends, We Can! |
Why It Matters
Did you know nearly 1 billion people don't have safe water to drink?
Together, we can change that. Let's fund a new source of drinking water for those who suffer needlessly without it!
Our gifts will be used to construct or rehabilitate a water project, like a well or sand dam, in Africa. We'll see pictures, GPS coordinates, and updates as they come in from the actual water project we fund so we can celebrate the results along with the community we help.
About The Water Project
The Water Project, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization unlocking human potential by providing clean, safe water to communities around the world who suffer needlessly without.
Working with local partners in countries like Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Uganda, we build long lasting water projects that are organized, owned and managed by the communities receiving them.
Together, with our partners we identify, implement, report on and follow up on every project. Then we share the whole story with you to inspire confidence in the work being done and the impact it has.