On September 12th, we will be running the Chicago 1/2 marathon.

That's 13.1 miles of sweating, pushing, giving everything we've got.

Sounds rough, right? Well imagine doing all of that without clean water.

Every week, millions of women and their children walk more than 14 miles just to get water for their families. Most of this water is contaminated, but it's the only water they have. They take the chance of catching diseases like bilharzia and schistosomiasis (parasites) - with every sip. There's nothing they can do to change it.

So, what can we do?

Our mission is to raise $5000 for water. We want every step to matter. We are asking for pledges per foot, per mile or flat out donations to help achieve our goal.

Because of charity: water's unique model, 100% of all donations go directly to water projects, and each donation is "proved" when projects are complete. We aim to raise $5,000 in the next 6 weeks.

We hope you'll join us in helping them now.