On November 3rd, I'm turning 25 years old, and so I'm asking for $25 from everyone I know, every penny of which is going to build freshwater wells for people in developing nations. My goal? To give clean water to 50 people for my 25th birthday.

A billion people in the world are living without clean water - but how much are they really living? Millions contract deadly diseases from contaminated water. 45,000 people will die this week alone. The lucky ones won't, but still walk hours each day to get dirty water to give to their families.

My birthday wish this year is to change lives, to give clean and safe drinking water to some of the billion living without it. I want my birthday to really matter this year.

So what are you waiting for? Let's get this party started!

please note: Because of charity: water's unique model, 100% of all donations go directly to direct water projects costs, and each donation is "proved" and tracked to the village it helped when projects are complete.