Fall Campaign Success!

This year's Fall Campaign really came together well. We had 225 people fast 1 meal a week for 12 weeks and give the money they would have spent out on food ($10) towards clean water projects that impact the most impoverished in the world. The original 225 people raised $27,000.00 that has funded 9 wells (see check). Congratulations Everyone!
And in order to reach our original goal of 30K, 77 people have agreed to do one more month, enabling us to fund our 10th well by the end of January! So proud of everyone involved and hope that your lives were enhanced by making tangible sacrifices each week for the good of those in need. So excited for what's in store and hope to create more smiles this year (like the one here at a Global Fast well in Liberia).

For more information on starting your own fasting team check out www.globalfast.org and www.generositywater.com

Why Fasting?

To be honest, I am not looking forward to tomorrow. The last couple Wednesdays I've fasted, i've been tired, lost energy, and been in a little funk the second half of the day. And I also find myself complaining about it a lot.

But when I remember the people we met (like the woman on the left), I am reminded why we're doing it the way we are doing it. By fasting and being uncomfortable for the afternoon, I am forced to remember how good I have it. And regardless of how much I want to complain (and still do), I am confronted by the fact that missing a meal is not even comparable to having to drink muddy water out of a hole in the ground. My hope is that by doing Global Fast, my heart starts to change, so that I actually care more about people in desperate need than I do my own comfort, at least for one meal a week. Its a step towards compassion, something that the world can always use.

Global Fast changes lives in Watts, Ca

What happens when you tell 1000 inner-city students that their lives can change others? They step up.

The students of Markham Middle School in Watts, Ca walk through drug dealers, prostitutes, and 32 gang territories to get to school. They are told that they need help -- but they proved that their lives can change the world.

New Global Fast Video

global fast promo [whiteboard] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.

Many thanks to the amazing JJ Starr who put this together. There is a group of 27 students at Pepperdine fasting and praying and giving together to fund a well. They made this video in one of their classrooms...just with drawings on the white board. Awesome, huh?

GF Fall Campaign

Fall Campaign is here. Sacrificing 12 meals. Water for 4,000. Done by Christmas. Sign up today. Let's do this!

Fall Campaign is Here!

Ever wanted to be a hero and save hundreds of lives? .... As a leader in the Fall Campaign, you will rally a team to build a water well in Peru, Liberia, or India. Clean water is the #1 need of the global poor, and each water well serves an average of 400 people for at least 20 years!

You can build your team now, fast and give just ONE meal per week for 12 weeks -- that's a total of twelve meals fasted ($10 each), you donate -- we pass 100% on to our partner Generosity Water, who manages the well building projects at $3000 each.

Download the PDFs below to build your team and become a global hero, giving new life and hope to a whole village. ...

Fall Campaign Intro: http://globalfast.org/fall_campaign/gf_fallcampaign.pdf

Leader Guide: http://globalfast.org/fall_campaign/gf_leaderguide.pdf

By the Numbers: http://globalfast.org/fall_campaign/gf_numbers.pdf

New Fall Program

The more we research global poverty and what can be done to help those in the most need, the more clear it has become that access to clean water is the top issue for the global poor.

Therefore, this fall we are partnering with Generosity Water to build clean water wells in 4 strategic locations (Liberia, Ghana, India, and Peru). In each of these places we can bring life to an entire community for only $3,000.

So this fall we are launching a campaign to bring new life to at least 15 communities in the developing world.

This is how it'll work...

Fall=3 months=12 weeks=12 meals skipped, Meals Out=$10, And we're going to involve our friends (groups of 25)

25 x $10 x 12 = $3,000 = 1 Well

We're looking for groups of 2-3 friends who would agree to be team leaders and would figure out how to build their teams up to 25 people for this fall. It'll be 12 meals over the course of the fall (Sept, Oct, and Nov.) and you're budget won't change a bit. But your sacrifice will change lives and enable more of this (below). Email michael@globalfast.org to get involved.