Need a Unique and Meaningful Gift?

Are you looking for a unique and meaningful gift for someone special?  Have you checked out the SH2Op for Life at Wateraid America?  You can give the gift of clean water and sanitation and transform a life in one of the world’s poorest countries.  And, you can send a card to someone special letting them know about the gift you donated for them.

Gifts include:

Water for Life $25

Just $25 can provide clean drinking water and sanitation for one person in one of the world’s poorest countries  their entire lifetime!

Four Faucets $50

Buy four faucets for a community water point for $50.  A water point provides a community with safe and clean drinking water.

A Handpump $100

A new handpump for $100 allows a family to draw clean and sanitary water from the ground and eliminates worries of disease and unclean water.

Construct a Well $150

A donation of $150 will allow a community to dig a tubewell that will provide clean and sanitary water for cooking and drinking for years to come.

Composting Toilet $250

Provide a toilet for $250 that composts human waste into fertilizer for crops.  Provide improved health and dignity to a family, while providing fertilizer for their food source.

“We believe clean water and sanitation are human rights and that they are essential for poverty reduction.” – Wateraid America

WaterAid is an international non-profit organization concerned with improving access to safe water and sanitation.  They work in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific region.  Their vision is  the entire world having access to clean, safe water and sanitation.  The access to safe water and sanitation helps improve hygiene, and dramatically improves health, education, livelihoods and is the first step to overcoming poverty.

I wrote this post as part of The Global Team of 200, a highly specialized group of members of Mom Bloggers for Social Good that concentrates on issues involving women and girls, children, world hunger and maternal health.

Our Motto: Individually we are all powerful. Together we can change the world. We believe in the power of collective action to help others and believe in ourselves to make this world a better place for our children and the world’s children.

All information used with permission.

Julia is the divorced mom of twins, a blogger, a sometimes crafter, crazy snailmailer, and a corporate bean counter. In her "spare" time, she scrapbooks, travels, makes cards, blogs, designs jewelry, searches for missing cleats and pom poms, enjoys good dark chocolate, and sneaks naps.