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 #27!

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: Subhasis!
Where he works: Sri Sri Ramakrishna
Number of wells he maintains: 42
Family Status: Not married
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Tutor to students
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: He wants to have a steady job with a reliable source of income, and to learn how to build and install new, efficient handpumps to even more communities!

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 #26!

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: Arup!
Where he works: Surjanagar
Number of wells he maintains: 46
Family Status: Not married
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Student
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: To start his own business, and to open up his own repair shop.

Today’s featured member from our Well Mechanics Club is Cassie Burback, a passionate mom who raised $1,205 for clean water in India.

How did she do it?
Cassie leveraged social media such as her Facebook and Twitter, along with her blog. Her passion showed through her writing and advocating, inspiring her networks and community to rally behind the cause as well.

What were the results?
She raised over $1,000 — enough to hire two mechanics and provide clean water for over 10,000 people in rural India!

Why do we love this?
Cassie told us that her favorite part was “seeing unexpected donations come in from old friends and being able to connect again.” Not only did she raise money for clean water, but she also inspired and brought together people within her immediate community and outside of it. Awesome.

To learn more about sustainable access to clean water, visit www.theadventureproject.org and give today to the cause!

Through training and supporting community leaders to be well mechanics, The Adventure Project is working to ensure clean water for thousands in rural India. Learn more at www.theadventureproject.org.

Meet Courtney Cassada of Ashburn, VA.

She’s been a champion of our efforts to provide clean water for families in India.

After getting pumped for World Water Day, Courtney set up a fundraising page for her family to provide the opportunity for their friends to join in making an impact. Their goal was to raise enough money to hire and train one mechanic (who would go on to maintain 50 wells that provided clean water to 5,000 people). But through her fundraising ideas, she was able to double that and raise enough to hire and train two mechanics. Clean water for 10,000 people. And maybe more still.

Courtney’s Water Fundraiser offers 3 ways for her family to reach their goal:
1) Simply give.
2) Buy the most delicious chocolate chip cookies. She’ll bake them and mail them anywhere in the United States.
3) Water shirts — adult and child sizes! The shirts have cute water drops on them in fun color combinations. Not only are they awesome, but they’ll spur some great conversation.

Check out more adorable photos of her kids in the water shirts.

Courtney believes that everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy good health, which can start by simply having reliable access to clean drinking water. To learn more about our sustainable water projects in India, go to www.theadventureproject.org.

And help support Courtney in hiring even more well mechanics!

Tragically, 1/3 of all wells drilled in India in the last 20 years are broken. Learn how The Adventure Project is working to ensure sustainable access to clean water for families: 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?

Each well mechanic maintains an average of 50 wells in surrounding communities. Learn more at www.theadventureproject.org.

One well mechanic in rural India maintains approximately 50 wells, ensuring clean water for over 5000 people. Learn more at www.theadventureproject.org.