The other day I sent out a tweet that said that I’d like to help give back $5,000 this year to meaningful causes. When I sent this, I received a message from Adam Haun and he said he had something that I might be interested in helping with.
He sent me over an email with information about Water Forward, which is “A movement to bring clean water to almost a billion people without it.”
I went over to the website and spent some time browsing around to see what it was all about. You can check out the video below to learn more.
Watch the Video to See How It Works:
What is Water Forward?
WaterForward is a global movement to bring clean water to almost a billion people living without it.
It started with a simple idea: what if millions of people using social media donate just $10 per each of their friends to help end the water crisis? Then, they ask their friends to pay it forward. The chain would continue until every single person had clean water to drink. The faces of those who helped would fill a digital book which would then be printed and become a part of history.
That’s how WaterForward works. We hope to use the almost one billion people using social media to help the almost one billion living without clean drinking water.
How Does WaterForward work?
Step 1. A friend puts you in the book. You can’t put yourself in the book. A friend who was put in the book by someone else must pay it forward to you. They have to donate $10 in your name to get you in.
Step 2. You pay it forward. Once you’re in, you can pay it forward to someone else by donating $10 to get them in. If you don’t pay it forward, then the chain of giving stops with you.
Step 3. People get access to clean water. charity: water uses 100% of the money to fund water projects and bring clean water to people in need.
How Do I Get In The Book?
A friend must pay it forward to you; they have to donate $10 and choose your name from their list of friends in order for you to be in the book. See if you have any friends in the book by logging in with your Facebook or Twitter account.
Don’t have any friends in the book yet? Sign up to receive a Random Act of Kindness. This is like a waiting list, where people who are already in the book can donate on behalf of strangers. We’ll contact you if someone’s Random Act of Kindness is matched to you.
You can learn more at the Frequently Asked Page
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I’m Going To Pay It Forward to 10 People
I personally thought this concept was awesome and it will help me with one of my life goals which is to help over 1,000,000 people in some way or another. Although I won’t know the direct impact that my donations will make, I know that it will go for a good cause.
I’m going to be paying it forward for 10 people to get into this book. Leave me a comment below if you’d like to be one of these people. But remember, if you aren’t going to pay it forward then I will not pay it forward to you so please be serious about this.
