A Father's Day gift that matters
Father's Day is on Sunday June 19, 2011. Make a gift to WaterAid in honor of your dad and you will give safe, clean water and sanitation to some of the world's poorest families.
Five of my children died from high fever and diarrhea. This is why I have volunteered and I am happy to improve my community’s health.
Sani Meijakai, Nigeria
This gift could pay for one person in one of the world's poorest countries to gain access to safe, clean water and sanitation for life. (donate $30.00 or more to be eligible for this gift)
Turn heads with this great gift. $50 can buy four faucets for a villagewater point. A faucet gives communities access to the precious gift ofsafe,
clean water. Raise a glass to health and long life. (donate $50.00 or more to be eligible for this gift)
For families in developing countries, drawing water up through the gift of a brand-new handpump protects the precious water so it is clean and safe to drink and cook with. Our star gift. (donate $100 or more to be eligible
for this gift)
This gift helps communities dig deep – and build their own tubewell,givingthem a permanent supply of safe, clean water. It doesn't cost much toconstruct a tubewell, but many villagers can’t afford it. With yourhelp, they can! (donate $150.00 or more to be eligible for this gift)
This is a special type of toilet that producescompost from human waste. So families benefit from improved health anddignity while their crops benefit from having a renewable source ofsafe, effective, environmentally friendly fertilizer! (donate $250.00 or more to be eligible for this gift)
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Father of six Sani Meijakai volunteering to build latrines as part of a WaterAid program in Jigawa, Nigeria.
Choose a gift and you will have the option of:
1. Printing your own card. As soon as you have bought your gift, you will be able to print the card from a PDF file - a great option for last minute gifts! The front is shown below. The details of the gift purchased are printed inside.
2. Receiving a beautiful watercolor card with details of the gift that you can personalize and mail to your gift recipient - or asking us to mail the card on your behalf. (Cards are dispatched during normal business hours only).
3. Sending an e-card with details of the gift. (E-cards are dispatched during normal business hours only.)
Whichever lifesaving gift you choose, the cost of your gift will go towards our water, sanitation and hygiene
projects in Africa and Asia as well as related support costs, to ensure WaterAid
keeps on helping more communities long into the future. All donations are fully tax deductible. We will send you a receipt for tax purposes.
Photo: WaterAid / Suzanne Porter
Questions?
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