2012 - 14 : Charity Water

Giving back to the community, both locally and globally, has always been a core value of Junket. At our first official Tuesday project meeting in September 2012 the members voted that our next giving back project would be Charity Water, an organization bringing clean drinking water to communities who are without. We wanted to see the project from start to finish so we decided to fund an entire project.

In January 2013, following our successful Junket for Change Fundraiser in 2012, we were able to make the $5,000 donation and initiate the digging of the "Junket well".  Approximately eight months later, we were informed the location of the well would be in a community in Ethiopia. 

Over the next 18 months we were given progress updates and in December of 2014, we received photos and a letter confirming that the well was finished! We has just funded a hand-dug well in Niushtey Sewhi, Ethiopia serving 150 people in their community.

One of our favorite pictures is the one showing the women in the community gathered around the well, drinking fresh water. We are so thankful and humbled to have been a part of this incredible process.

Young girl smiling outdoors holding two glasses of beverages, one yellowish and one clear.
Group of women and girls gathered around a hand pump water well with yellow and black jerry cans, some women are filling water, others are smiling and observing, in a rural outdoor setting.
Black charity water donation box with white text and yellow logo.
Black charity donation box with a handwritten thank you letter attached. The box has the words 'charity: water' printed on it.
Letter of appreciation and donation confirmation from charity organization for sponsoring a water project, with a handwritten note and a black charity welcome card attached inside a black folder.
Letter of gratitude from Scott Harrison, founder of charity water, thanking donors for supporting clean water projects in Ethiopia, with a signature and contact information at the bottom.
Certificate of Completion for a water project sponsored by Junket NYC, awarded to Niushtay Sewhi for a hand-dug well in Ethiopia, completed in December 2014, featuring a gold seal and the signature of Scott Hadison.
Sign with charity water logo and handwritten message: Niushtay sewhi, Hand Dug Well, Junket NYC, dated September 3, 2014.
Map of Africa with Sudan highlighted in red.
Map of Ethiopia and surrounding countries with Ethiopia highlighted in brown, showing its capital Addis Ababa, major bodies of water, and neighboring countries.