We're back again here in 2011, once more focusing on clean water for those without it. And this time we're looking to get a new set of wheels. They're not for us, though -- we want to help fund a drilling rig to bring clean water to people in northern Ethiopia.

Almost a billion people on the planet live without safe water to drink. The solution is sometimes right under their feet, in freshwater aquifers deep underground. But you can't get to it by digging with shovels. You need a powerful drilling rig to reach hundreds of feet into the earth.

That's where we come in.

charity: water is turning five this September. To date, they've helped bring clean drinking water to more than 2 million people -- but now, they're stepping it up. Their partners have three rigs operating in northern Ethiopia, but they are now maxed out at full capacity. To really have impact on the water crisis, charity: water needs to start funding the equipment necessary to get more work done on the ground.

Join us, and together we can help fund an FS 250 drilling rig and equipment for charity: water's partners in northern Ethiopia. 100% of what we raise will go toward this new rig, which can drill 80 wells each year. That means we can help 40,000 more people each year get access to clean water!

And charity: water is going to mount a GPS device to the drilling rig we help fund, so we'll be able to follow it from village to village once the work gets under way!

There is a bonus -- Hilary and I have been saving up for this, and we will match every donation that you make! So for each dollar that you donate, we will contribute the same amount. Please test us, push us, and force us to be generous -- in the end we all win!!

The drilling team in Ethiopia is ready and villages without clean water are waiting. Join us in making clean water a reality for those in need.