Thirst Project

The Thirst Project is a non-profit organization whose aim is to bring safe drinking water to communities around the world where it is not immediately available. The Thirst Project collects money and builds wells all across the continent of Africa where villages do not have immediate drinking water.[1] Actors Drake Bell, Ansel Elgort, Dylan O'Brien, Jennifer Lawrence and Chyler Leigh are supporters, as were the late Cameron Boyce and Naya Rivera.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] YouTuber Mini Ladd became a member of the organization's board of directors in 2019, but was removed from the position in the summer of 2020.

The Thirst Project
Formation2008
TypeNon-profit organization
PurposeBuild a socially-conscious generation of young people who END the global water crisis. We do this by educating students about it and activating them to rock the clean water cause & build real water projects all over the world.
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Region served
Kingdom of eSwatini, Uganda, Kenya, El Salvador, India
Founder
Seth Maxwell
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The organization was founded in 2008 in Los Angeles, by several college students who learned about the international water crisis and wanted to make a difference.

In 2012, the Thirst Project pledged to bring clean water to the entire Kingdom of eSwatini by 2022, 10 years after their initial pledge.[9] Thirst Project sent representatives to eSwatini to survey the costs of the project and determined that it would cost around $50 million to bring eSwatini water. While many non-profits have been making progress on solving the water crisis, no organization has focused efforts specifically in one country, with the goal of bringing an entire nation clean water. The eSwatini project will work as a case study about the positive effects of bringing clean water to a developing country and will demonstrate benefits such as improved education and heightened development.

While most of Thirst Project's efforts are focused in the Kingdom of eSwatini, they are also operating in India, Uganda, El Salvador and Kenya.[10]

Thirst recently collaborated with Minerva Model United Nations founded by Arsh Arora and Yash Maheshwari

Partners

Thirst Project donates 100% of general donations to end the water crisis.[11] Their partners who pay their other expenses include:[12]

References
  1. "World's Largest Youth Water Organization". Thirst Project. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  2. Pennington, Gail. "ABC throws celebrities into deep end, hoping for belly flops". Stl Today. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  3. "Drake Bell For The Thirst Project". YouTube. Drake Bell. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  4. "CalTV E: The Thirst Project presents Drake Bell". YouTube. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  5. Broderick, Beth. "When Tweets Attack! Justin Bieber Fans Wage an All Out Assault on an Innocent and Unsuspecting Charity". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  6. "Playing Doctor: A House Call From Chyler Leigh of Grey's Anatomy". Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  7. Devoe, Noelle (March 16, 2015). "Ansel Elgort Celebrates His Birthday In The Most Amazing, Ansel-Like Way Possible". Seventeen.
  8. "Ansel Elgort, Catherine Hardwicke Tapped as Thirst Gala Honorees (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  9. "Kingdom of eSwatini". Thirst Project.
  10. "Projects". Thirst Project.
  11. "World's Largest Youth Water Organization". Thirst Project.
  12. "Partners - Thirst Project".


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