Category: Support

Tomorrow is my birthday, and instead of gifts, I’m hoping to raise $100 for clean water.

In 2012, I went on a hike into the mountains near Lake Natron in Tanzania and half-way in, my group’s water filter broke. We hiked to a village’s water source and were filling up our bottles when we noticed a dead rat floating in the water. Nobody had much choice but to boil/treat that water or risk severe dehydration. In talking with a new friend J.T. about the work he did for a water organization, remembering the time and effort during that trip to get clean water, remembering the example of a blog post by Seth Godin, combined with reading A Long Walk To Water, made me realize this birthday was a good one to donate to clean water. So, if you were thinking of getting me a gift, please instead donate whatever you’d like. I just donated $10. And if you want to donate your own birthday, you can do that here.

Click here to donate to help me reach $100 for my birthday. Thanks for reading!