Charity: Water founder Scott Harrison's presentation from Big Omaha

The video above is the talk that Scott Harrison gave at Big Omaha in May that inspired me to give up my birthday to help provide clean water to the Central African Republic. It's about ~45 minutes long but well worth the time. Hopefully, it inspires you to donate and you can start with my campaign: mycharitywater.org/geoffwood

Perhaps it will even inspire you to give up your own birthday or do something else to help meet the needs of those 1 billion people.

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The Fresh Prince gives up his birthday for Charity:Water

Current Hollywood blockbuster actor Will Smith, who, of course, is West Philadelphia born and raised, announced late last week that he is giving up his September birthday to help bring clean water to the Central African Republic. Will, and his wife Jada Pinkett (also a September baby), are not only doing a September campaign themselves but they've also generously offered to take the three highest fundraisers with them to Africa to see the wells and meet the people. How awesome is that?

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First Charity:Water September well of 2010 is open

It's been an interesting week for charity:water.  First of all, they've raised nearly $330,000 and we're only a third of the way through the month. That's truly awesome.

Second, they started drilling wells in the Central African Republic. Unfortunately, the first one didn't take as founder Scott Harrison shows in this video:

Undeterred, and with public resolve to return again shortly, Scott and the team moved

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Charity:Water September Campaign Update: Week 1

Hope and I were poking around the Charity:Water site the other day and saw the PSA (above) that they had put together. The idea is "what would be like if Americans accessed drinking water in the same way that many people do in Africa?" and it's quite moving.

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I gave up my 32nd birthday for Charity: Water

The video above was put together a year ago Scott Harrison, and his team at Charity: Water. Scott used it as part of a featured presentation at Big Omaha in May that was moving, inspiring and brought tears to the eyes of the 500 entrepreneurs and tech scenesters in attendance.

I shared it with my wife when I came home and mentioned that I'd like to do my part as a September baby and give up my 32nd birthday for the cause that Scott champions so well.

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