This year for my birthday, instead of asking for a gift, I've decided to give a gift - a gift of water - clean and safe drinking water to some of the billion people living without it. I want to make my birthday matter this year. So I'm donating the amount of my age - $59 - to charity: water. All of it will go toward building freshwater projects for people in developing countries.

Please give water for your birthday, too.

What ever age you are turning this year, instead of asking for gifts, give the amount of your age or more to build freshwater projects for people in developing countries.

Almost 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. 30,000 people will die this week alone. The lucky ones won't, but still have to walk hours each day to get dirty water for their families.

The best part: 100% of all donations go directly toward water projects. And about 18 months after this campaign ends, charity: water will show us where and how every dollar we raised ended up helping in the field. We'll see GPS coordinates, photos and more details about the communities we've impacted.

Check out this you tube site. http://www.youtube.com/user/charitywater

Please join me.
Thanks, Diane Chapin