Many of us have no idea what it's like to be thirsty. We have plenty of water to drink -- even the water in our toilets is clean (though we encourage Ludo not to drink it)!

But many people around the world don’t have that luxury. Every day, about 1,400 children die from diseases caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation, sometimes water that they walked hours just to get. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are simple solutions like drilled wells, spring protections and BioSand filters that help provide clean water to communities around the world. That is where charity: water comes in.

I started this fundraising campaign to help charity: water build these types of projects around the world, and I'm looking for anyone who can help me. I am donating my 36th birthday to the cause because I already have anything I need and there are people that don't even have clean, safe water to drink.

This is where you come in. Please donate to my campaign -- anything you can give is a huge help. I am hoping that you can donate $36 for my 36th birthday - if you can donate more that is amazing, if less anything will help.

100% of the money will be used to build clean water projects (literally 100%, they have other donors that pay for all corporate cost and overhead - every dollar donated will go to a project), and when they’re complete, charity: water will send us photos and GPS coordinates so we can see the exact community we helped.

I set up the campaign for $4,000, which would be 100 people donating $36 plus our initial funding. I would love to beat that. $10,000 would be enough to fully fund a project and bring clean water to a community. But every dollar helps.

Thank you for your generous contribution to our cause! Please read more on the charity: water website and watch videos of children drinking clean water for the first time. Their lives are truly changes by something that we can help provide.

Brian