My birthday is coming up soon and I'd like to involve all of YOU. I'm turning 24 and instead of asking for gifts, I'm asking for $24 or more from everyone I know (But of course, I'll accept any amount your heart desires) It's not going to me, though. All of it is going to build freshwater projects for people in developing countries.

Almost a billion people in the world are living without clean water. Millions contract deadly diseases from contaminated water. 30,000 people will die this week alone. Some won't, but still have to walk hours each day to get dirty water for their families.

My birthday wish this year is not for more gifts, it's to give clean and safe drinking water to some of the billion people living without it. I want to make my birthday matter this year!!

The best part: 100% of all donations go directly toward water projects. And after this campaign ends, charity: water will show us where and how every dollar we raised ended up helping in the field. We'll see GPS coordinates, photos and more details about the communities we've impacted.

Please help me reach this goal so that YOU and I can help leave this world a better place