BCF and Julian Lennon Open charity: water Well in Gobi, Ethiopia
February 2014
Gobi, Ethiopia— Jennifer Gross , from Blue Chip Foundation and musician-philanthropist Julian Lennon, from White Feather Foundation , traveled with charity: water to Gobi, Ethiopia to participate in the opening of a new well in the poverty-stricken community.
The organization funds programs in 24 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Central America and South America to provide rural communities with their first access to clean, safe water. The organization uses 100 percent of all public donations to fund water projects and makes GPS coordinates available to show where every dollar goes. As of now, charity: water has funded 23,377 water projects to provide 7,128,152 people with clean water.
Founder of charity: water Scott Harrison, invited Gross and Lennon to explore the foundation’s operations in Ethiopia. Angela Ahrendts, then-CEO of Burberry and current senior vice president of Apple’s retail division, was also there to open a well she’d funded through a campaign; that was Gross’s inspiration to raise funds for another well shortly after the trip.
