Chris Beat Cancer
Hope for Cambodia
Join Chris Wark in giving clean and living water to 8,750 people in Cambodia this June. Every gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $100,000!
Chris Wark
Author of Chris Beat Cancer
On my 47th birthday...
Like most of you reading this, I don’t need anything. I have a family who loves me, a safe place live, clothes to wear, food to eat… and I have something that ALL of us take for granted… clean water to drink.
1 in 10 people in our world still lack access to clean water today. It's hard to imagine, but it's true. Together, we can end the water crisis for 8,750 people in Cambodia!
Every gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $100,000!
Why does clean water matter?
Because illnesses caused by viruses, bacteria and parasites in dirty water kill more children than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined… Over 800 children DIE every day from preventable dirty water diseases. Every day!
In Cambodia (located between Thailand and Vietnam) it’s estimated that 40% of the population (roughly 4 million people) drinks water from a source that’s contaminated with fecal bacteria like E. coli or pollutants like arsenic.
On average, women and young girls are walking up to 1 hour each way and spending 2-5 hours each day collecting dirty drinking water from a water source like this…
Because it’s considered the woman’s responsibility in many cultures, many girls cannot go to school, because collecting clean water is the priority for their family.
Clean water saves lives.
Since my first fundraiser in 2015, you, my amazing friends and fans have funded…
- 155 deep water wells
- 38 School WASH Projects, giving clean drinking water, bathrooms, handwashing stations, and garbage kilns to elementary school children and the surrounding communities.
- 1 school rain tank
- 447 biosand filters
- 22 biosand filters and latrines
So far, we have given safe, clean drinking water to over 42,674 people!!!
You can help
The deep water wells cost $5,000 to drill and serve 20-25 families, or about 100 people. Each village is responsible to raise a small amount for future maintenance like replacing the pump handle. That way they are invested and take ownership of it. The $150 on the plaque is how much this village raised, which is a lot of money for them, over one months income for the average family.
Here’s a close up of one of the wells we funded:
If you look close, you can see that it says ‘Chris Beat Cancer’ on it. Now think about how cool it would be to have YOUR name on a well or on an Elementary School WASH Project More on that in a bit…
This year my goal is to raise $350,000! Along with the $100,000 match, we will provide clean water to 8,750 people in rural Cambodia.
If just 2,500 of you amazing generous people give $100 we’ll hit our goal!
GIVE CLEAN WATER