How Will You Change the World?
I wonder how far away I got from clean water today?
Since I didn’t leave the house, the answer is pretty easy – about 20 steps. Any time I get thirsty I stand up, find a clean glass, and turn on the faucet. Easy peasy. Even when I do leave the house, every building I drive past has clean water, and every gas station would be happy to sell it to me. But not everyone has it this easy.
Did you know one billion people on this planet don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water?
That’s billion with a B, as in 1,000,000,000.
And, according to charity:water, “Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of diseases and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Children are especially vulnerable, as their bodies aren’t strong enough to fight diarrhea, dysentery and other illnesses.”
This seems ridiculous to me, that I can be no more than 20 steps from drinking water, while 1,000,000,000 people on this earth can’t get to it. Don’t you think?
What if I told you that you could go HERE to track our progress and give whatever amount you’d like to help us reach our goal? What if I told you that a $20 would provide one person with clean water for 20 years? It would be ridiculous not to do that. Don’t you think?
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Guess what? There’s a bigger picture.
I bet you have thirty friends or acquaintances you could band together with to change someone’s world. You can do more today for people around the planet than you ever could before, probably in the history of the world.
Thirty of us, (thanks to Tyler), are taking 30 days in September and working together, trying to change the world for 1500 people in Africa.
You can join us, or you can find 30 other people and change a different part of the world – so what will you do this month?
Check It Out: Change the World
If you get a chance, go over to Inkling Media today and check out my guest post on changing the world. Seriously. Changing. the. world. In the mean time, here are some folks who can help you expand your horizons (the good, the bad, and the funny):
On Twitter? Here are 5 people you should be following:
@bryanallain @kmueller62 @andilit @tylerstanton @donmilleris
On Facebook? Here are 5 pages you should like:
Ben Halvorsen Tennis, The House Studio, Stacy Barton Stories, Kim Walker, The FreshPod
Reading blogs? Add these to your Google Reader:
Chip MacGregor ; Seth Godin ; Mai Time in the Kitchen ; Shawna Lewis ; 3 Men and Their Ladies
Looking for something to read? Here are my three most popular blog posts in the last month or so:
Democracy: An American Christian’s Prop?
Words the Church Should Stop Using: Sin
Tuesday’s Top 10: Types of Candy
Now go back and read my guest post at Ken Mueller’s blog. Seriously. You could change the world.
30 Bloggers, 30 Days, $30,000
30 bloggers. 30 days. $30,000 for charity:water. That’s our goal. Tyler Stanton and Bryan Allain have assembled a group of 30 bloggers; September has 30 days…now we need your help on the $30,000.
Check out this one minute video about what life would be like in NYC if there was no clean water:
Jennifer Connelly in charity: water Public Service Announcement from charity: water on Vimeo.
Some things you should know about charity:water…
* 100% of the money donated goes towards water projects. Private donors take care of all overhead.
* $20 provides 1 person clean water for 20 years.
* Our money will go towards building water projects in Central African Republic
* If you give, charity: water will keep you up-to-date with the status of your project, provide you with GPS coordinates of exactly where the well you contributed to is being built, and take pictures and video along the way.
Think about going HERE and checking out the graph on our progress or donating some money to the cause – your $20 gift would provide 1 person with clean water for 20 years! If we can reach our goal of $30,000, we could provide clean water to 1500 families!
Please share the page above on twitter, Facebook or through whatever outlets you can think of. And if you’re a blogger, consider taking one day this month and blogging about this goal and inserting this link in your post.
Stay tuned, as we try to make a difference in the next 30 days.
