This campaign closed on Jun 26, 2011 Jeffrey Kalmikoff brought clean water to Shambolla Falalemin.

Jeffrey Kalmikoff

Jeffrey's 32nd Birthday

organized by Jeffrey Kalmikoff

Help Jeffrey give the gift of clean water. 100% of every donation raised will fund charity: water's work providing access to clean water projects around the world.

$1,000

raised

$5,000

goal

Why Jeffrey Kalmikoff is fundraising for clean water

In my 32 years, I've been a pretty lucky person. I was lucky enough to be born where the basic necessities of life – food, water, clothing, shelter – were something I never had to think about. Even at times when my health had seen better days and my immune system was my arch nemesis, I was lucky enough to have a job with insurance to help pay for the highly modern medicine and medical technology that ultimately allowed me to have my last seven birthdays.

This is why it's so devastating to me that something so simple such as access to clean water is a struggle for nearly a billion people on a daily basis. The video to your right will explain the current water situation for millions of people in developing countries and the inherent dangers that obtaining water holds.

It's a heartbreaking crisis, but hope comes from understanding just how incredibly fixable this situation is. This is why I've chosen to donate my birthday to Charity: water. and am encouraging my friends and family to help me help make a difference.

Please join me in raising $5,000 to help build water projects in developing nations so that 250 people who weren't born with the same luck as I was can have a taste of what it's like.

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This campaign brought clean water to Shambolla Falalemin, Ethiopia.

Ethiopia
Spring Protection
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Top Donors

  • 1
    Jeffrey Kalmikoff
    $320
  • 2
    Matthew Pack
    $100
  • 3
    Kent Goldman
    $100
  • 4
    Brenden Mulligan
    $100
  • 5
    Micah Baldwin
    $50
Past campaigns
Jeffrey's 32nd Birthday
Ended Jun 26, 2011
Raised $1,000