Registered NPO -Water4Africa- Raising Money For Borehole Drill

[Grinderman]

Hi BTCTalk,

I'm busy spreading the word about a worthy cause, I recently built a website for them and advised them to start taking BTC donations knowing that there are many kind and giving Bitcoiners out there who are more than willing to donate to a worthy cause.

I know the head of the organisation (Registered NPO) very well and am able to put any potential donors directly in touch with them, I have been along on a trip to Mozambique before and know how hard they've all worked (All volunteers) to build wells for villages ramaged by death and disease, I am from South Africa and it's really hard to comprehend why a country just bordering us can have such poor access to clean water. Water is such a precious thing and this only really hit me after seeing it first hand.

Please have a look at their website-

www.water4africa.org.za

Here is an excerpt from their "About Us" page-

"Our aim is to provide wells, boreholes and filtration units to villages across Southern Africa who don’t have access to clean drinking water.

Our next project is to raise R300 000 ($30 000) in order to purchase a borehole drilling rig. This rig can be mounted on a trailer and towed behind a van, (which we have already purchased) which will allow us to be completely mobile and drill boreholes in any village accessible by a vehicle. By purchasing this rig, we will be able to change and improve lives.improve lives
 

BENEFITS OF CLEAN WATER
 

Traditionally in Africa, it is a young woman’s job to collect water in 20L drums from the nearest river or water source, which could be several kilometres away. This job has to be done a few times a day to provide the village sufficiently. By drilling a borehole, this job is made much simpler and these young women have time to go to school or assist in other aspects of village life.
 

    The number of deaths due to diarrhoea drops by 21%
    There is sufficient water supply to start growing crops to feed the village
    Allows for basic sanitation which reduces Schistosomiasis by up to 77%
    There are less deaths due to Malaria
    The infant and child mortality rate drops drastically
    Better immune systems and overall healthier bodies
    Improvements are seen in cattle and livestock which leads to better food supply
    The brain and heart are 73% water, increased brain and heart function
 

This borehole rig would be a blessing to hundreds of men and women across Southern Africa.

Thanks for reading.

If you need any verification to prove the existence of the organization or to chat to it's head, please contact me.

[Mitchell]

This post is no longer valid. Sorry for my insult, there are a lot of bullshit donation funds.

[Grinderman]

Hi Bitcoininformation,

Maybe you can help me then, how can I prove identity of Tim Maguire, the head of the organisation?

Also I have not included a BTC address on the topic, BTC address is on the Water4Africa.org.za donation page.

[Mitchell]

Hi Bitcoininformation,

Maybe you can help me then, how can I prove identity of Tim Maguire, the head of the organisation?

Also I have not included a BTC address on the topic, BTC address is on the Water4Africa.org.za donation page.

Oh, it is up there? Dammit. I must have missed it and I deeply apologize for my response. I will take a look once I have some decent internet (WiFi in the Dutch trains isn't what it used to be) and report back.

[Grinderman]

If you look on the homepage there is a video of Timothy produced by Google for their "Africa Connected" project.

I could post a pic of Tim from the video with my username and date, is this suitable?

*edit- Link to video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h8EZqDHKR6g

[CrackedLogic]

Will donate as soon as I get home, I'm proud as a south African to participate in this.

[Grinderman]

Thanks CrackedLogic,

Really appreciated, the work Water4Africa has been doing is great, they have dug a few wells (They also leave the villagers with moulds and tools to dig further wells) and if they raise enough funds for a borehole drill, they could do 5-10 boreholes in one trip instead of 1-2 labour intensive wells.

If you're in Joburg you could do even better and help prove Water4Africa's legitimacy? People on this forum and Reddit have accused this of being a scam attempt and it's comploetely understandable. Let me know if this interests you at all?

[allgoodthings1]

This so reminds me of the good work done by The Water Project -- http://thewaterproject.org/

They also take bitcoin and are a U.S. 501(c)(3) organization.

Thanks for raising our awareness of this great place to donate some coin.

[CrackedLogic]

Thanks CrackedLogic,

Really appreciated, the work Water4Africa has been doing is great, they have dug a few wells (They also leave the villagers with moulds and tools to dig further wells) and if they raise enough funds for a borehole drill, they could do 5-10 boreholes in one trip instead of 1-2 labour intensive wells.

If you're in Joburg you could do even better and help prove Water4Africa's legitimacy? People on this forum and Reddit have accused this of being a scam attempt and it's comploetely understandable. Let me know if this interests you at all?

I'm not in joburg, but I might go up soon.