Did you know that 1 billion people go without
CLEAN
drinking water every.single.day?
CLEAN
drinking water every.single.day?
Did you know that unsafe water and basic lack of sanitation cause 80% of diseases and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war?
Did you know that 90% of the 42,000 deaths that occur every week from unsafe water and unhygienic living conditions are to children under five years old?
Guys...this is NOT okay.
THIS is the reason I am giving up my upcoming birthday. I long (desperately long...) to be more intentional and this is such a practical way to be just that.
$34.00
$34.00 for a pair of jeans.
$34.00 for 9 vanilla lattes.
$34.00 for 30 songs on iTunes.
$34.00 for a concert ticket.
$34.00 for a cute little shirt to wear on my next date with Greg.
$34.00 for our enjoyment can lead to a LIFETIME of drinking water for 4 people.
But imagine what $5,000 can do.
Imagine.
An entire village...boys, girls, men, women, elderly....no longer have to walk miles and miles and miles to their water source, only to scoop up dirty, unsanitary water.
Instead....
imagine this....
they walk a much shorter distance to find...
a well.
a beautiful well.
a well that provides beautiful, clean, drinkable water.
Check out this picture:
a real well, created in Uganda for the people of
This is why I'm giving up my birthday.
Worth it, isn't it? ♥
please consider donating here.
THIS is the reason I am giving up my upcoming birthday. I long (desperately long...) to be more intentional and this is such a practical way to be just that.
$34.00
$34.00 for a pair of jeans.
$34.00 for 9 vanilla lattes.
$34.00 for 30 songs on iTunes.
$34.00 for a concert ticket.
$34.00 for a cute little shirt to wear on my next date with Greg.
$34.00 for our enjoyment can lead to a LIFETIME of drinking water for 4 people.
But imagine what $5,000 can do.
Imagine.
An entire village...boys, girls, men, women, elderly....no longer have to walk miles and miles and miles to their water source, only to scoop up dirty, unsanitary water.
Instead....
imagine this....
they walk a much shorter distance to find...
a well.
a beautiful well.
a well that provides beautiful, clean, drinkable water.
Check out this picture:
a real well, created in Uganda for the people of
Otok.
This is why I'm giving up my birthday.
Worth it, isn't it? ♥
please consider donating here.
