Thank you

Thank you to all of you who have supported the September Campaign and also to those who came out to the event on Thursday night at Gallery Bar. The event and campaign was a huge success. We, together, more than doubled our original goal and raised awareness to everyone who came what charity: water is and how important water is to us.

At the event, I asked all of you to go home and do a MINIMUM 3 things. Did you do it? Here's a reminder:

1) Sober up
2) Drink a glass of NYC tap water and REALLY appreciate it
3) go to facebook.com/charitywater and "like" the page to keep up to date with news and events

Campaign results as of today:

Original Goal: $1000
Newly raised goal: $1250
Actual Raised: $2122
September Campaign Total: $336,437
Facebook "likes": 139
Number of Donations: 81
People we saved: 106

Please remember there are 19 days left in the campaign. Spread the word and look at this video of what we helped accomplish:
http://vimeo.com/14867147

Thank you, again, to everyone!
Here are some of the photos from the night:

















photos courtesy of Romina Hendlin & Catherine Chao

1 Day Left

Tomorrow night at Gallery Bar in NYC, we will not only celebrate our first successful dig for the Bayakas in Central African Republic, but we will raise awareness to everyone around us how precious water is. Come join us at 8:30. Please be on time to witness out charity:water film presentation.

What: charity: water September Campaign event
Where: Gallery Bar (120 Orchard Street)www.gallerybarnyc.com
When: 8:30PM-11:30PM

Let's make a dent in the world's water crisis together.
My campaign site: http://mycharitywater.org/joanna

we're NOT giving up

Live Drill: It Doesn't Always Work.

Today is the fourth anniversary of charity: water. Our team spent it in a village called Moale, trying to dig our 200th water project in Central African Republic. We've been in constant contact with our team on the ground throughout the drilling process. Here's an update straight from charity: water founder Scott Harrison:

It was going to be an amazing story, and charity: water’s 200th completed project in the country. The people of Moale had been waiting for water for more than a decade. After two failed attempts to reach clean water many years ago, our local partner ICDI brought in a new drilling rig that could dig up to 700 feet. Unfortunately, they never made it that far. In what was by far the most challenging drill we’ve ever witnessed, the team came up short after 30 straight hours when the second borehole caved in.

It was a heartbreaking and messy day. We'd hoped to show you footage of a joyful village celebrating a successful drill, but we didn't achieve that today. We’re committed to transparency at charity: water, so instead, our Live Drill video will show you the reality and challenges we face on the ground.

Tomorrow, we'll start drilling in another nearby Bayaka village. We haven't given up on Moale. For now, the people there will have to wait a little bit longer for their well -- but we will be back. In the meantime, with your help, we can provide clean and safe drinking water for every Bayaka through this year's September Campaign.

-- Scott Harrison



Moale's well is just one of more than 200 water projects we'll fund through this year's September Campaign. We'll drill another well tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 8, and broadcast the video at 5 p.m. ET, on charitywater.org/september.

3 days!

We have just 3 days until the event!

We have almost everything finalized and I can't wait to share with you all the work of charity: water. All that is left to do is basically for you to come down to Gallery Bar (120 Orchard Street) on September 9th at 8:30PM to come rock out with us looking good.

Please be there at 8:30PM. After check-in at door and a bit of warming up, we will start right away with charity:water short film and raffle give-a-ways! Bring friends, family, and co-workers, but remember if we hit our maximum capacity, we have to keep people out unfortunately, so please come on time.

$20 donation at http://mycharitywater.org/joanna places you on the Guest List on that website that allows for you to get a bracelet at the entrance for discounted drinks all night long and free raffle entry. However, you are still welcome to come without donating anything! We hope to not just raise funds, but awareness of the world's water crisis.
Also, if you are planning to come to the event, but donated anonymously... I wouldn't know who you are at the door.

See you there!

Live Drill

The Bayaka tribe in Central African Republic first tried to dig a well to have access to clean drinking water 16 years ago. They did not have any tools but their hands. When they reached just 50 feet, the diggers ran out of oxygen, so the tribe had to force air down to hole so that they can breathe. However, they had to stop at 90 feet.

When Jim Hocking of ICDI returned to the Bayaka tribe several years later, he was not able to reach groundwater source even with his drill and gave up at 500 feet. Geologists today predict that water exist some where between 500 and 900 feet in the ground.

On September 7, 2010 charity: water is hosting a web cam led Live Drill event to try to drill down up to 900 feet. After 16 years of trying, we're going to finally make it happen. We're going to drill the first well with funds raised from the September campaign to bring the first clean water source to the Bayaka tribe.

Join us for the Live Drill event online at:
http://www.ustream.tv/charitywater

Featured

charity: water event featured on Untapped New York! Check it out!
http://tiny.cc/0memj

125 People...

"like" my campaign on Facebook!



Thank you! This campaign is more than fund raising. Though donations are much appreciated, I wanted to raise awareness about this cause and water resource issue. Education is the most important tool for development and sustainable progress. So, what I really want to say is... keep "liking" and please help spread the word to those around you.

Happy last day of August :)

125 people and counting

SEPTEMBER D-1

Only 1 day before it's September already!
I cannot thank people enough for helping reach our goal before September even came by. It's truly amazing. As most of you know, I raised my goal to $1250 to see if we can meet this before our event on September 9th. We are only $90 away from our new goal and we still have 10 days. WE CAN DO THIS!


Exciting news: Our campaign site and blog was featured in this week's September Campaign emails that charity: water sent out! I was so shocked to see my name. Other campaigners have raised so much money - check out their sites! In fact, charity: water has already surpassed $100,000! The email said:

MILESTONE -- $100,000 RAISED.

Today, we topped $100,000 raised -- and it's not even September yet!

All of you helped us get here, but we want to give a shout out to those who have raised $1,000 in just the first two weeks of the campaign.

Here are a few of our favorite campaigns so far:

* Drew Neisser's Blog 4 Bayaka
* Joanna Shin's September Campaign (also see her blog)
* Deron Triff's 42nd Birthday
* David Chan's Chanimal Crackers
* Therese Nguyen's 30th Birthday
* Lori Jacobwith's 50th Birthday
* Phil & Julie's Give Back Campaign
* Brian Monahan's 23rd Birthday
* Keke Palmer's 17th Birthday

And if you haven’t already spotted it – check out our Facebook page where we’re posting new behind-the-scenes videos. You'll notice Jim Hocking himself is adding some commentary from the ground in C.A.R. where he’s preparing for our first drill on September 7!

Join charity: water's Facebook page to stay tuned for more C.A.R. coverage. Remember to please help spread the word for http://mycharitywater.org/joanna

Thank you!

WE DID IT!

We surpassed our goal!
$1025 can give 51 people clean water for 20 years. Water will change everything or these people. Disease will dramatically be reduced. Children will be able to go to school and get an education. Men and women will be able to dedicate more time to their jobs, increasing productivity and lowering the poverty level.

But it's not over yet. I still have 36 days in my campaign and 2 weeks until the event. I think you can keep going and make a greater difference before the night of the event. Challenge yourself to do even more and keep spreading the word.

Thank you for your wonderful support and dedication to the cause! Congrats again to all those who helped!

http://mycharitywater.org/joanna

2.5 weeks

Only 2.5 weeks to go until the September Campaign event. Remember it's September 9th at 8:30PM. It will take place at Gallery Bar.

Check if your name is on the list at http://mycharitywater.org/joanna

The event invites you along with many special guests to learn more about charity:water and to celebrate the progress of the September Campaign. We will get to see how the projects are managed and learn more about we are helping. If you haven't checked out the campaign videos make sure you go to www.charitywater.org/september to see where the wells will be in Central African Republic.
If you’d like to contribute you can donate at http://mycharitywater.org/joanna.

100% of your donation will be directed to Central African Republic and in 12-18 months we will get proof of where our dollars went to work with a link to the water project we contributed to on Google Maps.


Special Guests include:

DJ Jamieson Hill - special DJ for Tokyo Fashion Week & Richie Rich!
United Nations representatives
Human Rights specialists working with ICTJ
Architecture firms and Professors from around the city

I hope to celebrate with you at Gallery Bar!

Day Four

Water. Coffee. Shower. Cooking.
All things that a part of my life every single day.

Take all of those activities out of your life... FOREVER.
What if all you had for drinking water was this?



Do your part in changing the world's water crisis at: http://mycharitywater.org/joanna

5 Iced Tall Soy Lattes

Watch Jennifer Connelly for charity:water here.

We're ALMOST halfway there! Please don't let the momentum stop! This is going to amazing, but all with your support. To me $20 = 5 Iced Tall Soy Lattes to get through the week, to someone else, that's 20 YEARS of clean drinking water.

What does $20 mean to you?

You can help fund a drilling project just like the one you see below. To many, water is more precious than diamonds - it's the only way to live and survive. We have always been taught that our body is made up of 75% water. What if you didn't have clean water to drink?

Event Details

What: charity: water September Campaign event
When: September 9, 2010 - Thursday
Where: Gallery Bar - 120 Orchard Street New York
How: Your donation at mycharity: water website will put your name automatically on the list to be checked in at the door. Please donate before 6PM the night of the event. Must be 21+ to enter. Cocktail attire recommended.

To find out EXACTLY how and where your money is going please click to watch our September Campaign trailer

September Campaign

September campaign is on its way!

To donate please check http://mycharitywater.org/joanna

Have you ever said, "I'm dying of thirst?" If so, I bet you didn't really mean it.

If you're like me, you don't spend too much time thinking about water - it's everywhere we go. When we're thirsty, we flip a handle or push a button. When we're dirty, we twist a shower knob. When our garden needs watering, when our pasta needs to be boiled, when we use the bathroom - water's just there for the taking.

But for a billion people on the planet, it's not. Millions of women and children have to walk hours each day to get water from muddy ponds and rivers. And much of that water is infested with parasites and leeches. In fact, 80% of all diseases in the world are caused by unsafe drinking water and lack of sanitation.

When I learned that only $20 can give someone clean, safe water for two decades, I decided to start a campaign to help. Now, my goal is to raise $1000 to build wells in developing nations. And the cool thing about charity: water is that they spend 100% of the money I raise directly on the water projects - 100%!. Even better, when projects are complete, every dollar is tied to village and all the wells are posted on Google Earth.

I've never actually been dying of thirst. And if you're like me, you'd like to see a world where no one does. Together, we can make a dent in the global water crisis. I hope you'll consider helping.

The charity: water event will be held at Gallery Bar at 120 Orchard Street, NYC on September 9 at 8:30PM. There we will all join together to learn more about the cause, enjoy great music, and celebrate together our campaign progress!

When you donate $20 (or more) your name will be placed on our list that will be checked the night of the event. Please donate before 6PM September 9, 2010 so we can have you on the list at Gallery Bar.

We will have DJ Jamieson Hill flying in from Tokyo to specially DJ for us!
Stay tuned for more details.