100% gives health

You can see it in the empty clinic beds.You can see it in the empty clinic beds. [charity: water logo] [Photo of doctor in front of a Nepalese health clinic]( [100% gives clean water] From the get-go, we’ve made a bold promise: 100% of all public donations fund clean water. Whether you’re contributing [to a year-end campaign like this one]( or donating your birthday, or giving anything at all, at any time, you can count on every penny directly supporting clean water projects where they’re needed most. [Illustration of a wave] [...and clean water gives health] But don’t take our word for it. Let’s get an expert opinion. Meet Dr. Ram. As hard-working a physician as you’ll ever find. For over 20 years, you could find him at the Ambote health post high in the mountains of Nepal. And while every medical professional is trained to treat a wide range of ailments, Dr. Ram’s time was largely spent on one: severe — even life-threatening — diarrhea from drinking contaminated water. Many days, that was all he saw. To add insult to injury, Dr. Ram was forced to drink the same dirty water that was making so many of his patients sick. He knew better. He’s a doctor, after all. But he also knew this: when your only choice is between unhealthy water and no water at all, you drink whatever you’ve got. So he did. And his patients did. And then he did his best to treat the illness that inevitably resulted. Until everything changed. In 2016, clean water began to flow in Ambote for the first time. Suddenly, the patients he typically treated for waterborne illness were nowhere to be found. They were probably in school, or at work, or playing soccer. He didn’t know for sure. All he knew was that they weren’t in the clinic anymore. In fact, the last time our team visited Ambote’s health post, all they found was a sprained ankle and a mild fever. A near-empty clinic, and not a case of diarrhea to speak of. How great is that? [A photo of Dr. Ram] “There used to be about 35 patients daily with water-related illnesses — 90% of patients in the hospital. Our recent data from all the health posts and hospitals under this municipality suggest a steep decline in waterborne disease cases.” - DR. RAM [Illustration of a wave] [Give another community a better future] If we’ve seen it once, we’ve seen it a thousand times: when clean water flows, communities flourish. That’s certainly been true in Ambote. But there are still communities around the world whose clinic beds are full of patients suffering from the effects of the water they’re forced to drink. This holiday season, our goal is to help 200 more of these communities get the clean water they deserve. Will you join us? Whether you can bring clean water to a person, a family, or an entire community like Ambote, you can give with confidence, knowing that 100% of your gift will fund clean water. [GIVE CLEAN WATER]( [GIVE CLEAN WATER]( Thank you for being such a special part of our charity: water community. – your friends at charity: water [100% Funds Water Projects] [Jerry Can logo] This month, we’ll explore more of the ways clean water helps communities flourish. Prefer to opt out of this series? [Click here](. PO Box 5026, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5026 [Update My Preferences]( | [View In Browser](