Team Makena is helping end the water crisis in our lifetime
Team Makena has been part of the charity: water community since 2025.
Team Makena
Team Makena is helping end the water crisis in our lifetime
Give with confidence. 100% of your donation funds clean and safe drinking water. Learn more
About charity: water
Since charity: water was founded in 2006, we’ve been chasing one ambitious goal: ending the global water crisis. Since then, we’ve funded 138,003 water projects, serving over 17 million people.
From the beginning, we’ve made a few promises:
We give 100%
100% of the money donated to charity: water goes directly to funding clean water projects. Private donors cover our operating costs, which means every penny of every dollar can go where it’s needed most.
We prove it
We don’t expect you to take our word for it. Our next-level commitment to tracking and transparency means we don’t just tell you you’re having an impact. We show you, with GPS coordinates and photos of the exact project(s) you’ve helped fund.
We think local — and long‑term
We don’t just drop in, build a well and disappear. When we provide water for a community, we want the impact to be for good — which means we work closely with local partners, remaining invested in the integrity of projects for the long haul.
Impact in progress
More work is underway in Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe. Hang tight — it takes about 21 months to build, implement, and then fully report back on a water project. Learn more.
65 Completed Projects
Funded by campaigns or donations.
Showing 1 - 4 of 65 projects
Springmakena donated $50 to Scott's 50th Birthday13 days agoto the original birthday campaigner -- happy birthday! thanks for using it to start this thing all those years ago, it's been an honor to be a part of it.
SpringKaitlin McElroy donated $40 to #marathonmakover 2 years agoSo proud of you & all of the c:w LA marathoners. Congratulations!!
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- PPaige donated $40 to #marathonmakover 2 years ago
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SpringLisa Hartung donated $50 to #marathonmakover 2 years agoYeah, Makena! Rock it this weekend - so proud of you. Marathon 1 of 2, so impressive. Enjoy the fun!
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- KKathy Cunningham donated $100 to #marathonmakover 2 years ago
- MMohini Patel donated $101 to #marathonmakover 2 years ago
Run like I’m waiting at the finish line with salt + lime + more 😂.
