Twestival LA

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 could have a plentiful supply of clean drinking water just below the ground, but no way to get to it.

On 12 February 2009 100+ cities around the world, including Hong Kong, Melbourne, London, and Los Angeles will be hosting a Twestival in an effort to raise money for charity: water. Twestival Los Angeles, will rally together its local Twitter community, under short timescales, for a single aim on the same day, to bring awareness to this global crisis.



Anyone using Twitter can see the power it has in communicating, bringing people together, and more recently, to bring change to the world. In August, nonprofit social media maven Beth Kanter was able to raise $2,500 in only 90 minutes. In November, Epic Change raised over $10,000 in 48 hours with $10 donations via Tweetsgiving. And most recently, Laura Fitton was able to raise $25,000 over the holidays leading up to her birthday using Twitter and TipJoy, a tool allowing donors to via Twitter. Twestival aims to take donate as much or little as they want Twitter micro donations to the next level with its online and offline efforts.

Twestival LA, as well as the other cities, will be organized 100% by volunteers and 100% of the money raised from ticket sales, online donations, and other efforts will go directly to support charity: water projects. Many countries around the globe benefit from charity: water projects including Bangladesh, Central African Republic, Cote DíIvoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, India, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Please support Twestival and charity: water by making a donation, attending an event or participating in one of the many online fundraising activities.

Learn more at these clickable links… twestival.com • la.twestival.com • charitywater.org/twestival