This campaign closed on Dec 31, 2014 Mike Del Ponte brought clean water to Bilingol Peulh and 1 other project.
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Help Mike 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.
$5,166
raised
$3,200
goal
This year, help me raise more money for people without water than ever before!
During the hotter part of the year, the average temperature in the Sahel region of West Africa is more than 110 degrees.
For women here, not having access to clean water means hours of painful and exhausting work. Many of them walk miles each day just to reach the 100-year-old hole in the ground where they collect water. And they make that trip four or five times. Not only is that water contaminated and dirt-colored, but it has to be pulled up by hand, one bucket at a time.
The homemade rope burns their hands; it causes bleeding and leaves callouses — even scars. And sometimes the rope breaks, causing women to fall into the wells.
But we can change all of that!
We can bring solar powered pumps into communities and pipe water to tap stands right next to these women’s homes. We can bring time, energy and a better future to 100,000 people in Mali and Niger.
Help me play a small part in changing the lives of women in the Sahel -- donate to my campaign.
100% of everything we raise will directly fund water projects. And when those projects are finished, charity: water will send us proof in pictures and GPS coordinates, so we can see the actual people and communities we impacted.
Happy birthday Mike! I love this cause, and love that you support it through Soma. I also plan on matching this via Google. You the man!
This campaign brought clean water to Bilingol Peulh, Niger and 1 other project.
You donate, I'll swim!
This campaign closed on Dec 31, 2015 Mike Del Ponte brought clean water to Bilingol Peulh and 1 other project.
$8,261
raised and sent to the field
275
est. people served
Mike Del Ponte's 32nd Birthday
This campaign closed on Dec 31, 2014 Mike Del Ponte brought clean water to Bilingol Peulh and 1 other project.
$5,166
raised and sent to the field
172
est. people served
MDPs31stBirthday
This campaign closed on Mar 15, 2014 Mike Del Ponte brought clean water to Bilingol Peulh and 1 other project.
$2,322
raised and sent to the field
77
est. people served
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This campaign closed on Nov 4, 2012 Mike Del Ponte brought clean water to Bilingol Peulh and 1 other project.
$2,565
raised and sent to the field
102
est. people served
100% of the money raised by this campaign is being used to bring clean water to help those in need. In 21 months we’ll be able to show you exactly where the money went and who it helped.