A List of 10 Top Charities
Water and Sanitation
Charity: Water
The mission: To ensure that the 800 million people in developing countries have access to clean, safe drinking water.
Why it stands out: For starters, 100 percent of public donations are used to fund clean-water projects. (Overhead costs are covered by foundations, sponsors, and donors
who choose to help with operational funding.) For another, this six-year-old organization champions simple, innovative solutions,
such as freshwater wells and filters that use sand and microorganisms to remove contaminants. The results are impressive:
The 255 residents of Othkouv, a village in Cambodia, no longer have to spend countless hours and money collecting firewood
and buying charcoal to boil drinking water, since Charity: Water installed special filters in residents’ homes.
Your money at work: A $64 donation provides a filter—and therefore clean water—to one Southeast Asian family.
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