Saturday, 27 November 2010

Water Take 3 - A Nyabushozi birthday

Those who know me will tell you: when I start something, I go all the way. Ok, maybe not when this involves stupid thing, but in this case I don't believe it does.

Especially when it involves celebrating a birthday :)

So let's take a trip to Nyabushozi one more time.

www.nyabushozi.org

"What's a birthday got to do with Nyabushozi?" you wonder. Easy: today Christian de Neef, Nyabushozi project co-founder, is celebrating his birthday. His 50th birthday. Not that it is a remarkable feat in itself, but this is one day we can all make memorable.

You see, Christian doesn't want any gift, he doesn't need anything. But there is still something that we can do to celebrate, there is still something we can offer him.

A Fundraising Birthday 

Indeed, you read that right: Christian launched a fundraiser at the occasion of his 50th birthday, to collect 50 times 50 USD, to reach the amount of 2500 USD for a well in Nyabushozi and provide water to the community, and who knows, maybe more?

And if you can't give 50 USD, don't worry, any amount is important!

How to contribute?

  • Remember the Cosi10 community ChipIn mentioned in this post? Yes, it is still active, and it will be until December 10. The project must raise 850 USD by then to be eligible for a 5000 USD award, and as I'm writing this post 210 USD have been raised. Let's keep going!
  • You can donate directly on Nyabushozi project's website;
  • Another solution: wire / transfer directly on Nyabushozi project's bank account: NL25ABNA0534575161, BIC/SWIFT: ABNANL2A. Easy peasy!
Christian says that "a lot of things can be done, not through high profile charity organizations, but grassroot initiatives with measurable, tangible results". Let's prove him right!

THANK YOU!

Edited to add : 
Monday 29 Nov., ChipIn: 310 USD, let's keep it up!

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing Christan's Fundraising Birthday, Emmanuelle !

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  2. very interesting to stop on your page

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