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Since charity: water’s inception in 2006, we’ve received the highest ratings and reviews from every major nonprofit organization that assesses a charity’s financial health, accountability, and transparency (including Charity Navigator, Guidestar, Charity Watch, Better Business Bureau, etc.). But it’s always been a little complicated. Our organization was built on a…

The water crisis! This massive global problem that affects 663 million people around the world (that’s 1 in 10 of us) could go away. Poof. Gone.

Seven lessons learned from shooting a year’s worth of video content for our monthly giving community. — Yesterday we launched Season 3 of the recurring video series that we make for our monthly giving community. It’s a four-episode journey to Rwanda to meet some of the people we’re serving and see how our local partner is bringing clean water to families living in hilly and hard-to-reach rural…

How one six-year-old’s $8.15 donation turned into clean water for more than 2,500 people around the world. — It’s not uncommon for us to receive donations by mail at charity: water. We get checks and money orders every single day — people generously sharing some of what they have to help bring clean and safe drinking water to families in need. And it’s always inspiring! But once in…

How clean water and one determined English teacher are changing futures for kids in rural Nepal. — The climb up to Shree Secondary School is as steep as it is long. Farm terraces stack up the mountainside like floors of a building, and the narrow dirt paths that line the edges offer no easy or direct route. Students making the trek from their homes in the community…

Making every second count on the longest day of the year. — Do me a favor, and take note of the time right now. You can write it down if you want. 10:02am? 4:17pm? Don’t round up; be specific. This is important. Are you going to write it down? Ohhhhh you’re just going to remember it? Well, fine. At least look at…

Even at 72 years old, Tadese is one of the most hardworking and determined fathers in Adi Etot. He’s also the most stylish. — Each time I see Tadese Gebrehiwot, he’s wearing a different hat. The day we arrive, at the welcome ceremony, it’s a stylish white one. That afternoon, he walks by in a tight-fitting green one. The next morning, a head scarf. Who is this guy? I wonder. When I finally get…

A beautiful reminder of what true love looks like from a couple in rural Ethiopia. — Last October, the charity: water team spent two weeks in a community in Tigray, Ethiopia collecting more than four hundred individual stories about the need for clean water. Over the course of that time, we met farmers, shepherds, students, and parents. Strong new moms. Inspiring entrepreneurs. We heard hundreds of…