German in UK, María Virginia in USA, Pablo in The Netherlands, and friends all around the world, collaborating to support the construction of water wells in communities needing it, first through the charity:water organization and now through Pump Aid.

Want to know more? check in "Why are we doing this?". Want to participate? Go to "How can I join?" or make a donation through justgiving. Or just browse through the posts and pages and get inspired!

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

The first well is FULLY FOUNDED!!!

You may be wandering why the 700€ from the last party are not yet uploaded to the justgiving site. Well, the great news is that we already made all the money necessary for the first well to be started! And we are checking how to direct the remaining money (including those 700€) and the energies we have found in our friends for the next well project. Hopefully before the end of this week we will upload this money to the site and let you know about it.

The funny anecdote is that when we started with the project the pound was weaker against the USD, and therefore the target amount was set to 3500. During the found rising 2 things happened. First the pound got stronger, reducing the required amount. Secondly, the justgiving website has something called "gift aid" in which they deal with tax authorities and get an extra percentage on all UK donations. Added both effects, and suddenly we realized that there was already enough in the account!

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