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EVERY DAY, over 4,000 children die from water-related diseases. E.P.I.C. (Everyday People Initiating Change) is a non-profit organization committed to bringing safe, clean drinking water to the developing world. We need your help!
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An E.P.I.C. 2012! (Here's to Another Great Year!)
2011 was another amazing year for E.P.I.C.! We completed 4 wells, all with the help of our loyal contributors, including YOU!
- Ugele - We drilled a well at the new secondary school that was built, and will be accepting students in January 2012. The school is also a boarding school, meaning that the children living there will now have access to clean water for all of their water needs, including drinking, proper hygiene and sanitation, and growing of crops/food.
- Ihomasa - Women and children no longer have to wait for as long as 6 hours next to a small, 6" round hand-dug hole that filled with water so slowly that it took over 2 hours for one 20L bucket to be filled!
- Weru - When we first saw a group of young children collecting water at the hand-dug holes late at night in the bush, we knew this dangerous situation had to change. The well at Weru is centrally placed and reaches all the people of the village.
- Moshi - By partnering with Immaculata University in Pennsylvania, E.P.I.C. was able to provide the funding for a well at St. Ritalize School in Moshi, since they too were in desperate need for clean water. All of the students and teachers are now able to safely enjoy the well.
We also began to expand our outreach in each community with our new 'Pedals to the People' program. By providing a few bicycles to each villiage, they are able to safely and quickly gain transport to the city areas, instead of having the daunting task of walking for hours on end for medicine and other basic supplies.
WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US INVEST IN A SUCCESSFUL 2012, BY DONATING $20.12 TO E.P.I.C. BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. THE MONEY YOU DONATE WILL GO TOWARDS THE DRILLING OF WELLS IN NEW VILLAGES IN 2012, AND YOUR DONATION IS 100% TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE A DIFFERENT AMOUNT, FEEL FREE TO DO SO HERE.
World Water Day
Today (March 22nd) is World Water Day! Please donate to our cause to help us bring clean water to the 1.1 billion people who are still in need of it!
E.P.I.C. on MTV!
Check out this video that we just did for MTV!
E.P.I.C. and Quiksilver
We are happy to announce our recent partnership with the new Quiksilver Women's line (QSW). From now until the end of the year, QSW will be donating 3% of all of their T-shirt sales to the drilling of our clean water wells in Tanzania. This has already been a huge help to us, and has helped fund the last well we drilled in Mangalali, Iringa. For more information on our partnership, please visit these links:
http://womens.quiksilver.com/qsw-blog/epic/
http://womens.quiksilver.com/women/
One of the QSW team, Jen, came out with us to Tanzania this summer to learn more about what we do. To read more about our experiences, please visit the Quiksilver blog, scroll down to the September 8th entry, and read up (the next 3 entries!): http://womens.quiksilver.com/qsw-blog/