This campaign closed on Mar 31, 2014 Kurt Wilms brought clean water to Chewani.

Kurt Wilms

Raise $3100 For My Birthday!

organized by Kurt Wilms

Help Kurt 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.

$3,284.31

raised

$3,100

goal

Why Kurt Wilms is fundraising for clean water

There are 800 million people in the world living without access to clean water. Let's change that!

This year, I'm giving my birthday up for Charity:water

I'm turning 31 years old(!) and instead of asking for gifts, I'm asking for $31, $310, or more from everyone I know.

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.

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 people living without it. I want to make my birthday matter this year.

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.

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This campaign brought clean water to Chewani, Kenya.

Kenya
Well With Hand Pump
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Top Donors

  • 1
    Erica Wilms
    $310
  • 2
    Anonymous
    $310
  • 3
    Aurélien Géron
    $310
  • 4
    Trevor O'Brien
    $310
  • 5
    MOM DAD
    $231
Past campaigns
Raise $3100 For My Birthday!
Ended Mar 31, 2014
Raised $3,284.31