{"id":4545,"date":"2009-06-05T09:22:48","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T15:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=4545"},"modified":"2009-06-05T09:22:48","modified_gmt":"2009-06-05T15:22:48","slug":"justicefriday-clean-water-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/justicefriday-clean-water-wells\/","title":{"rendered":"#justicefriday :: clean water wells"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"kevind\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My friend Kevin Hendricks is raising money to build a fresh water well in Ethiopia. <\/p>\n

After seeing the affects of poor drinking water when he adopted his son from Ethiopia he knew he had to do something. He’s seen poverty firsthand<\/a> and now he’s making it personal.
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click here to donate now<\/a><\/h3>\n

My water bill is about $85 every quarter. Sewer charges amount to about 75% of that. And I paid one-third to half as much when I lived in the city (my tiny suburb a mile away from downtown St. Paul gets gouged on sewer).<\/p>\n

So that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s roughly $28 per month for clean water. And my water seems comparatively cheap. Last quarter my household used about 7,500 gallons of water (!) and we paid less than a third of a cent per gallon. My cost for water for 20 years (at current rates) is $6,800.<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve said before you can buy a lot of things for $20. One of those things is clean water for one person for 20 years through charity: water.<\/p>\n

Hmm\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll pay $6,800 for water for 20 years. And I can give someone else water for 20 years for only $20. Or consider it monthly: I pay $28 per month for clean water. You can give clean water for 8.3 cents per month. What a deal! Consider taking advantage of that deal and giving someone water.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

click here to donate now<\/a><\/h3>\n

His initial plan was to provide water for 30 people for his 30th birthday. But after reaching that goal in a few short days he decided to shoot for far more. <\/p>\n

Now he’s hoping to fund the building of a brand new fresh water well through charity:water<\/a>.<\/p>\n

$20 will provide clean water to one person for the next 20 years (he’s already raised $1,300) but if he can raise $5k, it will provide water for an entire community for the next 20 years.<\/p>\n

See what fresh water means to a community ::
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click here to donate now<\/a><\/h3>\n

As an added incentive, Kevin has already agreed to shave his head and facial hair thanks to the money already raised. If he can get to $5000 before his 30th birthday (June 13th) he’ll shave his legs as well!<\/p>\n

Find out more<\/a>.
\nFind out more about charity:water (video)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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