The Why Behind the Well

After attending the Inc. 5000 conference in 2018 and hearing the impactful story of charity: water, Michael and Diane Jarrett donated, on behalf of Jarrett Companies, the funds for the installation of a new well to serve the people of Uganda. The well was completed in September 2020 and is currently bringing clean water to nearly 400 people.

Michael and Diane are so thankful that they were able to play a small part in helping to end the global water crisis, but there are still over 785 million people living without clean water. That’s nearly one in 10 people worldwide! We know that when a community receives access to clean water, it improves health, increases access to food, grows local economies, and helps kids spend more time in school.

“The topic of clean water receives very little media attention, which is unfortunate, because everyone should have convenient access to clean water. We are happy to help people in need in any way we can. Knowing that one well can make such an impact to so many people is inspiring.” - Michael and Diane Jarrett

At Jarrett, we believe the work charity: water is doing to bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries is a worthy cause. We’re excited to announce that Jarrett is sponsoring The Running Water Virtual 5k: Every Drop Counts! Every $50 provides clean water to one person in need. We want you to be involved in bringing clean water to a community of people in Africa by joining us in this event.

Please donate to our campaign -- anything you can give is a huge help.

100% of the money will be used to build clean water projects, and when they’re complete, charity: water will send us photos and GPS coordinates so we can see the exact community we helped.