Africa Charity, Watercan, Encourages The Public To Join Their Efforts

You know what is occurring in other areas around the world. You are aware of the men, women, and children living their lives in poverty throughout Africa and how their access to clean water, basic sanitation, and hygiene education is limited or nonexistent. So why not do something about it? Maybe one person cannot change the world, but they can change the world for a family in desperate need.

WaterCan is a leading Canadian charity dedicated to fighting global poverty by helping the world's poorest countries gain access to clean water, basic sanitation and hygiene education. Since 1987, WaterCan has reached over one million children, women, and men in the poorest regions with their programs and has implemented Clean Water Projects for Africa to continue on this journey of eliminating global poverty. You can join their Africa Charity efforts in various ways such as making donating, attending events, fundraising, and more.

Making a Donation

WaterCan offers you different approaches to donating: Gifts of Water, Monthly Giving, Online Donations, Telephone or Mail Donations, Legacy or Planned Giving, Donations in Honour, and My WaterCan Fundraiser.

Gifts Of Water – You can purchase a symbolic gift that works towards the fight against global poverty. A 5-step process makes it simple to give the gift of clean drinking water and basic sanitation:

1. Choose Your Symbolic Gift – Search WaterCan's interactive village to read about every gift at Giftsofwater.ca. Select a gift for friends or family members in celebration.

2. Personalized Card – For every item purchased you receive the choice of an animated e-card to send notifying them that your gift was made in their honour.

3. Secure Checkout – Upon checkout, your e-card is sent directly to the gift recipient and an official tax receipt is automatically sent to you electronically for income tax purposes.

4. Gift in Action - 100% of funds raised through symbolic gifts purchased at Giftsofwater go toward supporting specific WaterCan projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

5. Watch Gift transform Lives – You are given the option of receiving updates on the status of the "Gifts of Water" project that you helped fund.

Monthly Giving - This process allows you to support WaterCan year-round through their pre-authorized plan. Simply decide on the amount you would like to give every month and fill out the form on the WaterCan website. You may increase, decrease, or stop payments at any time. An annual income tax receipt will be mailed to you by February each year.

Online, Telephone, Mail Donations – Online giving through the online donation site is easy and safe with WaterCan. If you wish to make a donation by telephone, contact their office at [613] 230-5182 or toll-free at 1-800-370-5658. By mail, you can send a cheque or money order to WaterCan at 321 Chapel Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 7Z2.

Legacy or Planned Giving – This is a commitment made today that can amount to a significant contribution over time. Planned giving is a flexible way to donate; gifts can be outright, providing funds for immediate use or planned now for a receipt in the future. The planned giving options available are:

• Legacy Giving [Bequest]

• Gifts of Publicly-Traded Securities [Capital Gains]

• Life Insurance Gifts

• Gifts of RRSPs or RRIFs

Donate in Honour - For special occasions, WaterCan provides two options to donate in one's honour. You may choose to send an e-card for a donation of any amount, or request WaterCan to prepare a personal card advising the honouree or the person specified that a donation has been made in their name. This option is available for donations of $25 and above.

With so many options to support this Africa charity, it is time to step up and help make a change. For more information about WaterCan, visit Watercan.

WaterCan is a Canadian charity that recognizes the impact access to clean water in Africa has on the community, and is working to make this very important basic necessity available to all. For more information, please visit www.watercan.com.