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About Me: I am a 22 year old Marketing Analyst living in San Francisco. I graduated recently from the University of Pennsylvania where I majored in Diplomatic History. I just recently moved out to San Francisco and once I got settled was interested in volunteering or giving myself over to something "grander than myself," as they say and luckily found this project to help out Gamda village. This project interests me for a few reasons. One, I have always had a fondness for the land of India and its varied customs. Two, I believe that everyone in the world should have the right to basic necessity's, with water being one of the most, if not the most basic of all. Three, the SEWA project looks really great in that it is giving once undervalued women skills to empower them and allow them to provide for themselves and their families. I hope to use my social planning skill as well as my social graces to throw a few amazing parties to raise awareness for this project as well as other wonderful Citizen Effect projects around the world.

The village of Gamda Bramnia is facing a severe water crisis. Ongoing droughts have left the community’s 5,000 people with a seriously limited water supply. Although there was once a well available in the village, it is now dry. Families have no other option but to rely on a privately owned well located in the village’s outskirts. To gather sufficient water from this source, Gamda Bramnia’s women must make multiple trips back and forth from the well, forcing them to carry heavy pots for 3 to 4 hours each day. This project will address the serious need for reliable water sources in Gamda Bramnia. It will fund the installation of two hand pumps, each of will provide 35 of the village’s families with access to a new, stable well. The wells will be constructed 1 to 2 kms away from each other so that their water can be used by as much of the Gamda Bramnia community as possible. Become the Citizen Philanthropist for this project and partner with Gamda Bramnia’s villagers to ensure they have two new sources of water for their daily use.

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