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Twestival Phoenix Feb 09

On 12 February 2009 200+ cities around the world hosted Twestivals to bring together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water.

charity: water is a non profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations by funding sustainable clean water solutions in areas of greatest need.

Right now 1.1 billion people on the planet don’t have access to safe, clean drinking water. That’s one in six of us.

Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation causes 80% of all sickness and disease, and kills more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.

Many communities in developing nations often have a plentiful supply of clean drinking water just below the ground, but no way to get to it.

This is where charity: water and their partner organizations come in. Drilling a well can cost from $4,000 - $12,000 USD and many living on less than $1 a day cannot afford one in their community, even if the money is combined.

The goal for Twestival Phoenix was to raise enough money from their event to fund a well project in a developing country, starting at $4,000 USD.

Twestival Phoenix raised over $4,700+ and ranked in the top 10 city totals of money raised.

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