The Adventure Project

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #22!

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

Meet: Manirul!
Where he works: Rabindra
Number of wells he maintains: 54
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: He had some experience with repairing broken wells, but needed more training.
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: He wanted a secure source of income, and his government (Panchayat) guarantees that. His goal is to become a big water contractor!

A sales representative shows a farmer in rural Kenya how to use an irrigation pump that can help him grow more crops and earn a higher income for his family. You can learn more too at www.theadventureproject.org.

Meet some of the proud owners of the Kickstart irrigation pump in rural Kenya. Learn more about how these pumps have changed these farmers’ lives, at www.theadventureproject.org.

A man is able to get clean water near his home because of trained local mechanics who maintain the community well.

The Adventure Project is committed to ensuring that such sustainable clean water access is available to even more people in rural India.

Learn more at www.theadventureproject.org.

You know this kid is excited for our World Water Day 24-hour campaign.

…Okay, maybe not since we didn’t send a memo to him, BUT you know he would be.

So help make a kid’s day (or several kids’ day) by joining us on World Water Day by blogging, tweeting, Facebooking, pinning, etc. about the need for sustainable access to clean water — and helping us raise funds to provide this access.

One out of every three water wells in India are broken, and more continue to break down because of a lack of maintenance. Our goal at The Adventure Project is to hire and train local leaders to become mechanics to help fix and prevent breakdowns, helping their communities maintain access to clean drinking water.

On World Water Day, March 22nd, we’re rallying together 250 people to MAKE NOISE on the Internet via their blogs, Tumblrs, tweets, status updates, and Pinterest boards, and to get their circles to give to the cause.

If 250 people can raise $100 each, that would make $25,000 raised for clean water. Even better? The Prem Rawat Foundation is offering to match every donation that comes in by World Water Day, up to $25,000 — which means we have the potential to raise $50,000 in 24 hours!

This means hiring 90 mechanics to provide clean water for over 450,000 people.

450,000 people.

Amazing.

Will you (and your Tumblr/blog/Twitter/etc.) join us for March 22nd?

Regular well maintenance can prevent costly breakdowns, saving communities thousands of dollars. Learn about the well mechanics in rural India at www.theadventureproject.org.

A community in India gathers around a well that provides them with clean water and healthier lives. The well is maintained by a trained mechanic from their community.

The Adventure Project is using enterprise to change the face of the water crisis. Learn more at www.theadventureproject.org.

Suda Okello, a store owner who sells stoves to his community at an affordable price, explains the health and income benefits of charcoal-efficient stoves to a customer. Learn more at www.theadventureproject.org. Photo by Esther Havens.

“Now I have a name,” she continues. “Now they call me ‘musawo.’ Musawo is a Ugandan word for someone who treats people. I would like to keep that dignity when I go out of my home. I changed my life totally to fit with that name,” Joy says assertively, eyes beaming. “It has changed my life.”

The above is an excerpt from Chief Adventurist Becky Straw’s essay, featured in GOODthis morning. She recently won the 2011 National Peace Corps Association’s Enterprise Solutions to Poverty contest with a version of the featured piece.

Congratulations to Becky, and be sure to read the entire story on GOOD!