I’d never thought about much about water until I learned that almost a billion people on the planet live without safe water to drink.

Finding out that millions of kids are forced to drink water that makes them sick was enough to jolt me out of my gay bubble to start this campaign. I want to help fund a drilling rig to bring clean water to kids and their families in northern Ethiopia.

That's where you come in. Will you donate $25 or more to help get clean water to these kids?

To date, charity: water has helped bring clean drinking water to more than 2 million people -- but to really have an impact on the water crisis, they need to start funding the equipment necessary to get more work done on the ground.

Together we can help fund a 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 and we’ll help 40,000 more people each year get access to clean water!

The drilling team in Ethiopia is ready and villages without clean water are waiting. Please join me in making clean water a reality for the kids and their families living in northern Ethiopia.