Christ­mas hol­i­days are here and 2009 is nearly over. What a year this has been, a roller coaster with ups and downs. The past year has been hard for me per­son­ally and we expe­ri­enced the credit crunch at the com­pany. At the end of 2009 we can say the sit­u­a­tion has sta­bi­lized and we are look­ing for­ward to 2010.

Char­ity: water

This year I was look­ing for ways to donate money to char­ity and get peo­ple aware of prob­lems in the world. For some time I am trig­gered by char­ity: water a non-profit orga­ni­za­tion bring­ing clean, safe drink­ing water to peo­ple in devel­op­ing nations.

Right now, almost a bil­lion peo­ple on the planet don’t have access to safe, clean drink­ing water. That’s one in eight of us.

• Why water?

char­ity: water is a non-profit orga­ni­za­tion bring­ing clean, safe drink­ing water to peo­ple in devel­op­ing nations. They give 100% of the money raised to direct project costs, fund­ing sus­tain­able clean water solu­tions in areas of great­est need. Just $20 can give one per­son in a devel­op­ing nation clean water for 20 years.

Com­ment in this post for char­ity: water

For every com­ment in this post I will donate $1,- to char­ity: water. The more com­ments the more I donate. The pur­pose of this post is to bring aware­ness to the design com­mu­nity about the impor­tance water.

Facts

• char­ity: water is a non-profit bring­ing clean and safe drink­ing water to peo­ple in devel­op­ing nations
• One in eight peo­ple on the planet don’t have access to safe, clean drink­ing water.
• $20 can give a per­son in Africa clean, safe drink­ing water for 20 years.
• For each com­ment I will donate $1,- to char­ity: water
• Proof will be uploaded to this post
• This char­ity action on design­work­plan will run until 31st of Decem­ber 2009
• Visit char­ity: water for more information

Thank you!

This year I have had so many great dis­cus­sions and ideas from design­work­plan plat­form about design, typog­ra­phy, inspi­ra­tion, sig­nage, wayfind­ing and more.

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Quote of the year by Philip Kelly

Dif­fi­cult times con­tinue but if you can’t see a light at the end of the tun­nel, use a torch!

I’m look­ing for­ward to 2010 and bring­ing you more posts and spread ideas at design­work­plan. Thank you and have a Merry Christ­mas and a won­der­ful New Year! Please share your thoughts and New Years Resolutions.