13-Year-Old Main Line Boy Launches Fundraiser For Clean Water Globally

At thirteen, one Wayne boy has already done what many people will never accomplished in a lifetime.

In a matter of hours, he’s raised $600 for a worthy charitable cause.

Nicholas Christos’ GoFundMe campaign launched on December 2, and has already attracted 10 donors.

He writes passionately about the struggle of so many around the globe to find clean drinking water.

“To most of us this is just an imagination,” he wrote. “But to about a billion people on our planet this is a tragic reality. That is 1 out of every 7 of us. This has to change.”

His ultimate goal on the page is to raise $2,600, though he notes that it takes about $12,000 to fund an adequate well at a high-need location.

Christos introduces his project poetically:

Imagine waking up to no water

Imagine walking hours for a cup of water

Imagine carrying multiple gallons of water for 10 miles

Imagine fighting the ones around you for a sip

Imagine filtering mud out of your water to get a drink

Imagine bathing in filthy water everyday

Imgaine not having any before you go to sleep

Imagine not having any

Ever

All of the proceeds from the fund will go to thewaterproject.org.

To learn more about Christos’ fundraiser and to donate, see here.