Tech Industry Invests In Water
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Non Profit
The hot new cause in Silicon Valley is drinking water infrastructure.
That's because Charity: Water, a growing nonprofit with the goal of bringingclean water to developing nations, has attracted the attention of tech entrepreneurs.
How did the upstart nonprofit, founded in 2006, get such substantial support for the cause of clean water? Asfounder Scott Harrisonbegan to grow his organization, he contacted some influential names.
"For advice, he cold-emailed Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, MySpace's Tom Anderson and Bebo's Michael Birch. Birch wrote back," Forbesreported.
What followed was a lucrative partnership between the water project and Silicon Valley.
"Fast forward six-months and Birch had coded Charity: Water's website, donated $1 million and, most importantly, introduced Harrison to his fellow tech entrepreneurs," the report said.
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