This campaign closed on Dec 31, 2010 Jessica Christmas brought clean water to Tongole.

Jessica Christmas

Clean Water for Christmas

organized by Jessica Christmas

Help Jessica give the gift of clean water. 100% of every donation raised will fund charity: water's work providing access to clean water projects around the world.

$310

raised

$500

goal

Why Jessica Christmas is fundraising for clean water

Christmas. It's a time for family, for comfort, for love. I mean, joy to the world, right?

Well yes, but in actuality, as Americans there are a lot of things we get wrong about Christmas. For one, we give each other too much stuff. Whether it's out of obligation or just to truly show someone we care, we're still essentially material-rich people giving other material-rich people more... materials. America spends around $450 billion a year on Christmas gifts. That's more than $600 a person. We also spend another $8 billion on decorating for Christmas.

This Christmas, I'm trying to take a step back from all that. I'm hopeful that anyone that might give me a gift this year instead will join me in donating that money to my charity: water campaign.

More than a billion people are living without water on our planet. Some walk miles every day to get to the nearest source: a stagnant, parasite-infested stream or pond. They lug it back to their families. They suffer from diarrhea, worms, and skin diseases because they can't wash themselves. 45,000 people die each day from waterborne illnesses.

My goal is to raise $500 by the end of December. 100% of the money donated will go directly to the water projects. And every project is "proved" using GPS technology and photos and put on Google Earth.

Please join me.

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This campaign brought clean water to Tongole, Malawi.

Malawi
Well With Hand Pump
270
Top Donors

  • 1
    Jessica Van Vleet
    $75
  • 2
    Jessica Van Vleet
    $75
  • 3
    Sharon Spicker
    $50
  • 4
    Jessica Van Vleet
    $50
  • 5
    Jessica Van Vleet
    $25
Past campaigns
Clean Water for Christmas
Ended Dec 31, 2010
Raised $310