4th of December - Found-rising Birthday Party!!

This is actually how this people of charity:water started, by donating their birthday. Maybe I am a little biased, but I really like the idea. And that is exactly what Donata Liuzzi, Friedi Heuk, Julie Bara and Andres Alvarez kindly decided to do this weekend. They requested everyone going to their birthday party to bring their present in cash, so that the total amount can be donated at the end of the party to the charity:water!

Something funny I have seen around this is that even if everyone is exited and liking the idea of donating the money of the gifts, there is still this feeling of giving a present, a something, to the actual guy/girl having birthday. We all know that the presents between friends are not about the money. They are more about the challenge to find something they like, to show that we know that specific thing about them that made us find the perfect gift.

Well, here is the challenge I post for those going to this birthday (and hopefully for other birthdays): find something meaningful, representative, special AND CHEAP to give as a present. Then, give the rest of your gift-budget in his/her name to the foundation! it doesn't have to be this foundation of course, but we wouldn't mind ;). I am pretty sure the receiver will appreciate your gift, your efforts on finding something, and the fact that his birthday contributed to a good cause.

500km Video

Dear Friends,

A few weeks ago I completed my 4 days cycling journey across a part of England. It was a tremendous experience that I could only achieve having a big goal with it: Building a Water Well, changing the life of 250 people in Africa.

Thanks to the help of many people, giving any amount of donations , we have reached 55% to build the water well, more than a half, but still a way to go.

I spent some time putting this video together, to keep promoting this wonderful project. If you haven't donated yet, I invite you to be part of it. At the end of the project, you will receive pictures and the location of it. A clear tangible outcome of your donation !!!

And for everybody, please forward this video to all your friends, post it in fb, so that as many people can become part of it. I need as many people as possible helping out!

For any more information, please let me know.

Hope you are doing great

Yours,
Germán

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rEg8AAuwGg

500km video

English version coming. In the meantime, watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rEg8AAuwGg.

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Queridos Amigos,

Como ya varios de Uds. saben, hace unas semanas completé mis 500 Km en bicicleta de Londres a Land’s End (la parte más occidental de Inglaterra). Hace apenas unos días finalmente completé el video de 4 minutos que resume mis más de 30 horas en la bicicleta (perdí la cuenta).

La experiencia de recolectar fondos para construir un pozo de agua en África ha sido maravillosa. Hasta ahora hemos recibido donaciones de Estados Unidos, Alemania, Inglaterra, Italia, Bélgica, Venezuela y Perú (gracias Rafa). Ya hemos logrado el 51% necesario para construir un pozo que durará 20 años y que cambiará la vida de 250 personas.

Los puntos más relevantes:

100% de las donaciones van directamente para construir el pozo, todos los costes administrativos han sido cubiertos (por Charity:Water);

Un billón de personas no tienen acceso a agua potable, sin la cual el desarrollo de las comunidades es imposible (incluyendo trabajo, educación, salud, etc).

La donación utiliza todos los métodos seguros existentes en internet.

Si no pueden donar, reenvíen el video a quien pueda!

Cualquier que quiera ayudarme a seguir recolectando fondos, contácteme.

Espero que disfruten el video. Se encuentra en:

http://www.justgiving.com/SupportInc/

(Presionen en Video a la izquierda)

Abrazo a todos,

Germán

PS: Avísenme si no quieren recibir estos correos!

PPS: El video en youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rEg8AAuwGg