{"id":8562,"date":"2015-12-09T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/?p=8562"},"modified":"2015-12-17T14:01:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T19:01:31","slug":"water-changes-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/water-changes-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Changes Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take a moment to imagine your life without clean water. The thought is kind of hard to wrap your mind around, isn&#8217;t it? Well, for many folks, it&#8217;s a reality, as 663 million people on this planet [1 in 11!] do not have access to clean, safe water. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charitywater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">charity: water<\/a> hopes to change that for the better.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/140235935?title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0\" style=\"width: 450px; height: 253px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>On a mission to bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations, charity: water has already funded more than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charitywater.org\/projects\/completed-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\">16,000 water projects<\/a> in 24 countries since being founded in 2006! Water projects such as hand-dug and drilled wells, rainwater catchments, water purification systems, and more have brought clean water to 5.2 million people.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.charitywater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"nounderline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cw-rwanda.jpg\" alt=\"charity: water\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8565\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cw-rwanda.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cw-rwanda-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cw-rwanda-300x450.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cw-rwanda-120x180.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>When charity: water helps folks gain easy access to clean drinking water, many wonderful things happen in their community: health improves, medical expenses lower, equality is increased, girls get more time in school, and women are given the chance to grow food or earn income. How incredible is that? As charity: water&#8217;s slogan says, water changes everything.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.charitywater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"nounderline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/charity-water.gif\" alt=\"charity: water\" width=\"450\" height=\"121\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8564\" \/><\/a>\n<p>If you would like to get involved with this admirable organization, there are several ways to do so.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"postsubhead\">Give in Honour of a Loved One<\/h2>\n<p>For a more unique gift this Christmas, honour a loved one by <a href=\"http:\/\/store.charitywater.org\/products\/gift-card\" target=\"_blank\">making a donation to charity: water in their name<\/a>. The recipient will receive a lovely card explaining your gift and charity: water&#8217;s mission. It&#8217;s a great present for the person who already has everything!<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/store.charitywater.org\/products\/gift-card\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"nounderline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/gc_image_3_1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a>\n<h2 class=\"postsubhead\">Purchase charity: water Goodies as Gifts<\/h2>\n<p>If you still have more Christmas shopping to do, consider purchasing some of the goodies from <a href=\"http:\/\/store.charitywater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">charity: water&#8217;s store<\/a> to give to your family and friends. The profits from your purchase help fund charity: water&#8217;s operating costs and helps them grow, plus they offer some fun items! Here are a few of my favourites:<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/store.charitywater.org\/products\/water-changes-everything-tee\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"nounderline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cw-tee.jpg\" alt=\"\"Water Changes Everything\" Tee\" width=\"450\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/store.charitywater.org\/products\/water-changes-everything-tee\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Water Changes Everything&#8221; Tee<\/a><\/h6>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/store.charitywater.org\/products\/pure-fix-bikes\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"nounderline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cw-purefix.jpg\" alt=\"Pure Fix Cycles\" width=\"450\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/store.charitywater.org\/products\/pure-fix-bikes\" target=\"_blank\">Pure Fix Cycles<\/a><\/h6>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/store.charitywater.org\/products\/votivo-candle\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"nounderline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cw-candle.jpg\" alt=\"Votivo Candle\" width=\"450\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/store.charitywater.org\/products\/votivo-candle\" target=\"_blank\">Votivo Candle<\/a><\/h6>\n<h2 class=\"postsubhead\">Volunteer Your Time<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the New York City area, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charitywater.org\/getinvolved\/volunteer_form.php\" target=\"_blank\">volunteer<\/a> to hand-write thank you notes, help out at special events, and more.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.charitywater.org\/getinvolved\/volunteer_form.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"nounderline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cw-volunteer.png\" alt=\"charity: water\" width=\"450\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a>\n<h2 class=\"postsubhead\">Simply Donate<\/h2>\n<p>charity: water follows a 100% model, meaning that 100% of public donations funds clean water projects. They depend on private donors, foundations, and sponsors to cover salaries and other operating costs, so all of your donation will go directly to a water project! <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.charitywater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to give a donation to support clean water around the world.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/donate.charitywater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"nounderline\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cw-uganda.jpg\" alt=\"charity: water\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; width: 450px; height: 300px;\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a moment to imagine your life without clean water. The thought is kind of hard to wrap your mind around, isn&#8217;t it? Well, for many folks, it&#8217;s a reality, as 663 million people on this planet [1 in 11!] do not have access to clean, safe water. But charity: water hopes to change that&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/water-changes-everything\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-charities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8562"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8776,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8562\/revisions\/8776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}