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This campaign closed on Mar 31, 2012 John Vechey brought clean water to Kouléyo and 9 other projects.

John Vechey is Out of Office

organized by John Vechey

Help John 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.

$21,355

raised

$5,000

goal

Why John Vechey is fundraising for clean water

I'm out of the office right now. I'm actually so far out of the office I'm in Ethiopia. Not only do the villages I'm visiting lack the internet, they also don't have clean drinking water.

That sucks. Over one billion people in the world don't have access to clean water. It saddens me to even think about it. Imagine seeing your children drink water filled parasites, or spending six hours a day lugging water from a muddy, animal poo infested watering hole to home.

Luckily I'm in Ethiopia learning not just about the problems, but also the solutions.

And that's where you come in. While I'm gone, I'd love to raise $5,000 from those who've emailed me about work. That's enough to drill a well for one village of about 250 people.

Oh. And I'll match whatever people donate. So if everyone teams up with me to hit my goal of $5,000, that's two wells. Two villages.

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This campaign brought clean water to Kouléyo, Côte d'Ivoire and 9 other projects.

Côte d'Ivoire
Well With Hand Pump
1,120
Top Donors

  • 1
    John Vechey
    $5,550
  • 2
    Sukhbir Sidhu
    $5,000
  • 3
    John Vechey
    $2,020
  • 4
    Jeff Weinstein
    $1,000
  • 5
    Ben Jones
    $750
Past campaigns
John Vechey's Campaign
Ended Jun 10, 2012
Raised $10,000
John Vechey is Out of Office
Ended Mar 31, 2012
Raised $21,355