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Charity: water is a non-profit organization founded by Scott Harrison in 2006 that brings clean drinking water to developing countries. It raises awareness through social media and has funded over 3,800 water projects serving over 2.5 million people in 17 countries with donations from its online fundraising site and support from staff and volunteers.
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Scott Harrison is the founder of Charity: Water, a non-profit organization that provides clean drinking water to developing countries. He was born in 1975 in Philadelphia and volunteered with Mercy Ships, a floating hospital, where he saw how diseases in Liberia were often caused by unsafe water. This experience led him to create Charity: Water in 2006. The organization has since funded over 13,000 water projects across Africa, Cambodia and other areas, providing millions of people with access to clean water.
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The document outlines a vision and strategy for providing sustainable access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene for all people in Haiti. It discusses efforts underway through community engagement and partnerships to transform water systems and infrastructure in over 770,000 people across 7 communes. Key achievements so far include mobilizing $1.6 million and 80 Rotarians, establishing citizen-led well management committees serving nearly 800 people, and investing $331,000 to modernize a water system and $400,000 in engineering training. The strategy aims to ultimately scale these efforts nationwide by empowering local leadership and sustainable solutions.
Rotary Partnership for Rankit, Haiti School
1. Rotary clubs in the US and Germany are partnering with Haiti Outreach to build a public secondary school in Rankit, Haiti. There is currently no public secondary school to serve the 20,000 people in the area.
2. The proposed school will have 7 classrooms that can accommodate up to 840 students across two shifts, as well as administrative offices, solar power, a computer lab, library, and clean water system. It will be staffed and maintained by the Haitian Ministry of Education once completed.
3. The project aims to raise $300,000 to fund school construction. Several Rotary clubs have already committed as partner clubs, and an anonymous donor will provide
Bucharest Twestival
The document summarizes details about the Bucharest Twestival event in February 2009 which brought the local Twitter community together offline to socialize, enjoy entertainment, and raise money for charity:water through a fundraising drive. The Twestival was one of over 170 organized in cities around the world by volunteers to directly benefit charity:water projects, with the Bucharest event expecting around 150 participants.
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Scott Harrison was formerly a nightclub promoter who lived a selfish lifestyle until witnessing extreme poverty during volunteer work in South America. This experience inspired him to found the charity: water organization, which has raised $10 million to provide clean water access to nearly 1 million people. Harrison ensures donations directly fund projects by having committed donors cover administrative costs. He also shows donors the specific impact of their contributions by providing photos and GPS coordinates of funded wells. Additionally, Harrison leverages new media like Twitter to raise awareness and funds, helping frame giving as a joyous experience rather than making people feel guilty.
Scott Harrison Entrepreneur
Scott Harrison left his well-paying job and started the charity: water organization with $30,000 in debt after discovering the global need for clean drinking water while working with Mercy Ships. Through perseverance and innovative fundraising strategies like ensuring 100% of public donations go directly to water projects, Harrison has helped charity: water raise over $100 million to provide clean water to over 3.3 million people in developing countries. He exemplifies characteristics of successful entrepreneurs like courage, perseverance, listening to others, and using creativity.
Ducks Unlimited Promotes Pacific Northwest Habitat Conservation
Keith Scribner, a real estate entrepreneur from Washington state, supports various cultural and charitable organizations including the Wishing Star Foundation, Spokane Symphony, and Ducks Unlimited. Ducks Unlimited operates conservation initiatives across the US, including the Wings and Wetlands program in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, which seeks to protect wetlands and waterfowl habitats while improving water efficiency. From 2012 to 2016, Wings and Wetlands aims to raise $2.3 million from private donors in addition to public funds, and individuals can donate by phone or online.
Charity:Water
Charity: water is a non-profit that aims to provide clean drinking water to 100 million people in developing countries over the next ten years by funding wells, rainwater catchments, and sand filters. Donations of $20 can provide clean water for one person for 20 years, $5,000 can fund a well for a village of 250 people, and $20,000 can sponsor a well and latrines at a school for over 1,000 students.
UW Tocqueville Society brochure
This document summarizes the 25th anniversary of the Tocqueville Society of the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley. The Tocqueville Society recognizes philanthropic leaders who donate $10,000 or more annually. Members work to improve lives in the community through focus areas like education, food access, healthy aging, and emergency services. The document outlines the impact of donations and benefits of membership in the Tocqueville Society.
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- 2. charity: water, a non profit organisation Brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. Founded by: Scott Harrison, a NYC club promoter.
- 3. charity: waterraises awareness through social media sites like, Twitter and Facebook. The organization has 20 full-time staff members, 10 interns and more than 800 volunteers.
- 4. Scott Harrison went to Liberia and was exposed to the harsh conditions of the impoverished. He realized that 80% of all the diseases they encountered were caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation. Scott Harrison founded charity: water on September 7, 2006.
- 5. Their online fundraising site, mycharity: water, had raised over 5.7million. In four years, charity: water funded 3,811 water projects in 17 countries. Over 2,545,000 people had benefitted and have access to clean water.
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