Hey everyone, Happy Celebrity Thursday & welcome to the official JUNGLE FITNESS OC, aka Orange County Personal Trainer Blog! Today we’re discussing Matt Damon’s affect on the world with his charity “Water”.
Damon is to merge his H2O Africa charity – aimed at creating widespread public awareness of the water crisis in Africa and gathering support for clean water programs in critical areas – with WaterPartners to create a new organization – Water.org – a non-profit focused on bringing access to safe water and sanitation to the developing world.
Water.org will leverage grassroots awareness-building expertise and nearly two decades of demonstrated innovation and success in the sector to help the nearly 890 million people without safe water and the more than 2.5 billion people without safe sanitation.
“Every 15 seconds, a child in the developing world dies from water-related disease,” said Damon. “After visiting project sites in Africa and Asia, I’ve seen the problem and the impact of safe water. As a clear leader in the sector at delivering innovative and sustainable solutions for those in need, WaterPartners was the natural choice with whom to work to truly affect lasting change.”
“For more than 20 years I’ve been working to realize the vision of global access to safe water, and with the help of our donors, staff, partner organizations, and the H2OAfrica team, I’m confident we can accelerate our impact,” added Gary White, founder of WaterPartners and the Executive Director of the new organization. “It will open the door to advocacy work, and bring the water issue to new heights in the public’s consciousness.
(quoted from: looktothestars.org)
Damon has believe or not taken part in philanthropy since the age of 12, deciding what to do with his $5 allowance. Damon was the founder of H2O Africa Foundation, the charitable arm of the Running the Sahara expedition, which merged with WaterPartners to create Water.org in July 2009. He, along with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, and Jerry Weintraub, is one of the founders of Not On Our Watch, an organization that focuses global attention and resources to stop and prevent mass atrocities such as in Darfur. Damon supports the ONE Campaign, which is aimed at fighting AIDS and poverty in Third World countries. He has appeared in their print and television advertising. Damon is also an ambassador for OneXOne, a non-profit foundation committed to supporting, preserving and improving the lives of children at home in Canada, the United States, and around the world.[59]
Damon is a board member of Tonic Mailstopper (formerly GreenDimes), a company that attempts to halt junk mail delivered to American homes each day. Appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show on April 20, 2007, Damon promoted the organization’s efforts to prevent the trees used for junk mail letters and envelopes from being chopped down. Damon stated: “For an estimated dime a day they can stop 70 percent of the junk mail that comes to your house. It’s very simple, easy to do, great gift to give, I’ve actually signed up my entire family. It was a gift given to me this past holiday season and I was so impressed that I’m now on the board of the company.”
(quoted from: wikipedia.com)
Water does matter. Everyone can make a difference. It might not be worldwide perhaps, but maybe in your neighborhood you CAN make a difference. Help anyone that’s in need. Donate a dollar to a fund you think is legit. A dollar here and there may save a child’s life. Everyone can make a difference, the first thing you have to do, is act.
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