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Wale can be as materialistic as the next rapper given his affinity for sneakers and streetwear. But even as Mr. Never Wear The Same Thing gets ready to mature another year on Sept. 21 he realizes that he’s already blessed and he could use his platform as the DMV’s most prolific rapper to do more. Wale is calling for donations instead of gifts for his 26th birthday. He wants you to donate $26 to bring clean water to people in Central African Republic. Via Wale:
All of my birthdays have always been about stuff. Stuff I don’t want, stuff I definitely don’t need. And to be honest, I hardly even remember what I got last year. So this year, I’m giving my birthday up. I’m turning 26 years old, and instead of asking for gifts, I’m asking for $26 or more from everyone I know. It’s not going to me, though. All of it is going to build freshwater wells for people in developing countries. A billion people in the world are living without clean water – but how much are they really living? Millions contract deadly diseases from contaminated water. 45,000 people will die this week alone. The lucky ones won’t, but still walk hours each day to get dirty water to give to their families. My birthday wish this year is not for more gifts I don’t need; it’s to give clean and safe drinking water to some of the billion living without it. I want to make my birthday matter this year. Let’s do this! #NoDaysOff ps: With charity: water, 100% of all donations go directly to direct water projects costs, and each donation is “proved” and tracked to the village it helped when projects are complete.
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