Dear Friends and Family,

I am turning 37 years old on March 4th, but instead of asking for gifts, I'm giving up my birthday for a good cause.

I'm asking for $30 (or whatever you can give). It's not going to me, though. All of it is going to build freshwater wells for people in developing nations.

Every penny of the money raised will go directly to fund freshwater wells in developing nations. Even better, every dollar is "proved" when the projects are complete, and photos and GPS coordinates are posted using Google Earth.

A billion people in the world are living without clean water - but how much are they really living? Millions contract deadly diseases from contaminated water. 45,000 people will die this week alone. The lucky ones won't, but still walk hours each day to get dirty water to give to their families.

My birthday wish this year is not for more gifts I don't need; it's to give clean and safe drinking water to some of the billion living without it. I want to make my birthday matter this year.

My goal is to raise $900 by March 31, 2011.

Please consider helping me.

With Love and Gratitude,

Claudia

please note: Because of charity: water's unique model, 100% of all donations go directly to direct water projects costs, and each donation is "proved" and tracked to the village it helped when projects are complete.