How charity:water is changing the world

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Duarte is passionate about good people, good causes, and good design. charity:water meets all those criteria in spades. Today, they paid a visit to our office to update us on how our donations been helping. (Who does that?)

Throughout the presentation, they shared relevant, easily share-able facts (e.g. $1 invested in water sanitation equals $12 in economic returns,) beautiful imagery and infographics, heartwarming stories, and lastly, a video of the exact well that was built with our contributions.

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Mark + Nancy Duarte’s well in Chibchibit, Ethiopia.

There are several things that set charity:water apart from other charities, but the most striking are:

We are proud to be part of charity:water’s story of success, and we hope you will consider it, too. Find out more about how you can help here: http://www.charitywater.org/getinvolved/

Giving a presentation with an image of a boy sifting through dirty water

The world needs clean water.

Presenting solutions to bring clean water

The six different types of water projects.

Presenting the value of donations to the project

$1 donation is worth $12 return. Pretty good ROI if you ask us.

A personalized video showing how Duarte's contributions were used

A personalized video showing how Duarte’s contributions were used.

A keepsake book with photos taken in the village where Duarte's well is located.

A keepsake book with photos taken in the village where Duarte’s well is located.

A collage of photos taken in the village where Duarte's well is located

All these photos were taken in the village where Duarte’s well is located.

Thanks again, Jaclyn and Yukari!

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