September 1st, 2010
Today I turn 27 years old….
I want to ask each of you to help me accomplish a dream of mine. I want my birthday this year to help provide enough clean water for an entire village in Africa.
I’ve spent the past two years capturing stories at charity: water projects in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Haiti and Central African Republic. I’ve talked heart to heart with women who walk 8+ hours a day to get a bucket of dirty water for their families to drink. I’ve seen women crawl into fowl smelling ponds shared with cows to gather drinking water. I’ve sat with countless people dreaming, hoping and praying for clean water to one day come to their village.
When it finally does……LIVES ARE CHANGED!
This year 100% of your donation will go to a charity: water well in Central African Republic.
Last year I traveled to C.A.R. and spent time with the beautiful Bayaka People. The tallest of them stood only about five feet tall, and almost all had unique facial markings, scars and sharpened teeth, which represent beauty to them. When we asked them “What is your age?? or “Ngu tti mo ayeke ok,” in the local language Sambo, the Pygmies couldn’t answer. Most had no idea how old they were. We found quickly that the more appropriate question was, “How many children do you have?” which they then were proud to answer.
A typical mother in C.A.R. has about 8 children, and sees 4 of them die prematurely from water-borne disease or malnutrition. Can you imagine losing half of your family just because your water was dirty?
I’ve heard their voice loud and clear as they expressed their need for clean water and now they need you. Photos of the Bayaka
Collectively we can and will change a village forever!
So please, on this 27th Birthday of mine…help give clean water to the Bayaka people by giving a small gift of $27.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
http://www.mycharitywater.org/estherturns27
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