There are 800 million people in the world living without access to clean water. Ready to change that?

My birthday is almost here. I'm not usually excited about getting older, but this year I'm really thankful to have lived another happy, healthy year. Inspired by Samantha Friedman's efforts, I recently learned that millions of kids around the world don't live to see their fifth birthday because they don't have access to clean, safe drinking water. I would like to help change that.

I'm asking for my age in dollars from everyone I know (that's only $23!). Every penny of the money raised will directly fund clean water projects in developing countries. Even better, charity: water will show us exactly which projects we funded once they've been fully completed. That means we'll know the locations and names of the communities we helped.

Please join me in this ongoing fight to provide something as simple as clean water to people around the world. Even just $1 helps.