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Celebrating Well #8, Launching Round #9!

October 30, 2023 Alison Clean Water, Kids No comments

Round #8 is officially DONE! We are so proud of all of the kids who pitched in to sell elephants and spread the word about Set Free so that another well could be drilled in India. This well provided clean water to 6,500 people in Southern India, thanks to 50 kids here in America that decided they wanted to make it happen!

To date, Crowdsourcing Kids have provided clean water to 28,017 people since we launched five years ago. Ready to do it again!? We’re launching Round #9 on Wednesday, November 1st. Here’s what this round will look like:

Each kit will include 9 small elephant ornaments, and 1 large elephant ornament handmade by young ladies rescued from slavery in India.
Crowdsourcing Kids will sell the 9 elephants for $12 each, and the large elephant for $17, generating $125 for Set Free.
When 50 kids each do that, we’ll have enough money to drill our 9th well in India! We’ll be able to give the gift of clean water to a village that has waited a long time for this simple resource.

Ready to get involved and be a world changer!? We’d love for you to get join!

Here We Go! Help Us Complete Round #8

August 10, 2022 Alison Events No comments

Thanks to the efforts of compassionate kids, 21,517 people have clean water since Crowdsourcing Kids launched in 2018. Last year alone we provided clean water to nearly 10,000 people. We’re proving that when we work together, anything is possible! We’ve done it seven times and now we’re doing it again!

Packing Round #8 Elephant Kits

Last month several Crowdsourcing Kids gathered to help pack our elephant kits for Round #8. Check out this video of their hard work!

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How Crowdsourcing Kids Works

New to the concept? Here’s how it works! We have 50 kits available for Round #8. When 50 kids each sell a kit, which includes 10 elephants handmade by young ladies rescued from slavery, they’ll raise $125 each for our ministry partner Set Free. With their efforts combined, those 50 kids will raise enough money to drill a well in India!

Ready to Get Started?

Now it’s time to get your kids involved! Order your Crowdsourcing Kids elephant kit now and teach your kids what it means to be a world changer! They’ll see that they’re not too young to make a difference in the world. Help us drill our 8th kid-powered well in India and change the lives of an entire village!

You Did It! Our 7th Well Report!

February 7, 2022 Alison Clean Water, Kids No comments

A 7th kid-powered well is now giving clean water and hope to an entire village in India thanks to Crowdsourcing Kids! Back in August on World Elephant Day we launched Round #7 of Crowdsourcing Kids. Dozens of kids, along with Greenville Community Church, sold 500 handmade elephants to fund our 7th well drilling project in India.

Kids CAN Change the World

We are happy to share that because of the combined efforts of kids like Maizey (13), Laila (11), Hannah (15), Elliott (5), Hudson (8), Willow (3), Nash (5), Haven (7), Abel (5) and so many others we were able to make this happen:

Life Before the Well

The villagers living here are low caste. That means they are treated very poorly, and often valued as worth less than animals. Because of that, there have been no efforts to improve their water supply. They were forced to rely on a hand-dug well. But when that water source dried up, they were traveling to an open well outside the village that contained very dirty water.

Third Time’s a Charm

Thanks to Crowdsourcing Kids and our ministry partner Set Free, we were able to send a drilling crew to this village for a life-changing mission. Finding fresh, clean water didn’t come easily, however. It took the drilling crew three attempts before hitting fresh water. But they did not give up! And the village’s 9,562 people are so glad they didn’t! Because now they have a clean water source.

Children Reunited With Families

Not only did this Crowdsourcing Kids well provide clean water for nearly 10,000 people, it also offered an opportunity to restore families and share the love of Christ. Through the drilling of the well, the Set Free partner pastor heard of children that were taken into slavery from the village. The pastor helped free 36 children from slavery and reunite them with their families in this village.

Let’s recap that and let it sink in…

Kids in America sold 500 handmade elephants, raising $6,250.
That money funded drilling a well that gave 9,562 people clean water.
Through the well-drilling, a visiting pastor helped free 36 children from slavery and reunite them with their families.
Thousands of villagers have heard the Gospel and many are part of a weekly Bible study.

WOW! By now we all know kids can change the world! Get your child involved with our next round of Crowdsourcing Kids! We’ll be launching Round #8 soon so stay tuned!

We Made Some Changes With Round #7 of Crowdsourcing Kids

September 7, 2021 Alison Events, Kids No comments

Round #7 of Crowdsourcing Kids launched on World Elephant Day, August 11th, 2021. We currently have less than 20 elephant kits available and we’d love your help to complete this round so we can drill our 7th well in India and bring clean water to another village. Getting a kit is easy! Buy your kit and have it shipped, or pick it up locally at the Set Free office in Greenville, South Carolina. We’ve made a couple of changes with this round that we want to tell you about!

We Switched From Boxes to Bags

You’ll notice that our kits no longer come in boxes. They are packaged in beautiful teal bags instead! We did this with hopes of saving some money on shipping costs. It also significantly reduced the time it took to prep this round during our annual packing party! (Thanks again to our amazing volunteers who pitched in to tag and bag the elephants!)

Each Crowdsourcing Kids Kit Contains 10 Elephants

In the past, each elephant kit contained 12 elephants, 10 smalls and two larges. Now each kit contains just 10 elephants: 5 larges and 5 smalls. When your child sells their elephants they will have raised $125 for Set Free. When 50 kids do this, we will have raised enough money to drill a well in India! So far Crowdsourcing Kids have drilled six wells in India, giving the gift of clean water to 11,955 people since we started in 2018.

We Partnered with Greenville Community Church

For round #7, we partnered with Greenville Community Church. They’re taking this on as a project for their GCC Kids program! They’ve set a goal of selling 100 elephants. Members of the Set Free team will be on hand during a Sunday school service to teach the kids about the water crisis, and what it means to be the hands and feet of Jesus. They’ll learn who makes the elephants and how selling them helps us share the Gospel! If you’re part of a church that would like to partner with Crowdsourcing Kids, please connect with us! We’d love to work with you!

Well #6: Giving Clean Water to Thousands of People

February 23, 2021 Alison Clean Water No comments

Well kids, you’ve done it again! You’ve worked hard, sold elephants, and raised money for Set Free so that we could drill our sixth well. This time your dedication paid off in a big way. We were able to bring clean water to 3,985 people! This round was different than any we have done before because all of these elephants were ornaments!

Claire from Set Free shared the details about the new well drilled in the village of Ramalayam Street, Ramuda, India:

Before the drilling of this deep well, the remote village of Ramalayam Street, Ramudaremote relied on wells that were hand-dug decades back. Their water tables had depleted and they had run dry. Until you helped drill this new deep well, the villagers were responsible for collecting water in nearby villages for their families. Because of this, many children were not attending school because the task of collecting water often fell on them.

Just like here, this village has dealt with the coronavirus pandemic. Immune systems were weakened for so long by dirty water that many in the village were having a hard time fighting the virus. With this gift of clean water, health conditions have drastically improved! The villages are so thankful for this gift.

Well #5 Report: Clean Water for 3,980 People!

October 15, 2020 Alison Clean Water No comments

Because 50 kids in America decided to pitch in during a global pandemic and each sell 12 handmade elephants, 3,980 people in the village of Naidu Palem have clean water! Isn’t that amazing?? This is our 5th Crowdsourcing Kids well drilled in India.

Life Before the New Well

Previously, the village of Naidu Palem relied on four hand-dug wells that have dried up. When these wells ran dry, the women and children began collecting water from a river far outside the village. Because of the financial strain brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, both parents needed to work to help support their families. Due to their lack of easily accessible water, many of the wives couldn’t support their families because their time was used to collect this dirty water.

Why This Village?

Our partners in India assessed the village’s needs, and our pastor partner arranged for the drilling of this deep well to begin as soon as possible. Once the drilling of this well was completed in August thanks to the money raised by the Crowdsourcing Kids boxes sold, men and women rejoiced because they had more time to work to support their families!

What the Gift of Clean Water Means to Them

Drinking dirty water impacts a person’s health in many ways. One of the issues it creates is damage to the immune system. Because of this, many residents of this village struggled with illness. They had a difficult time fighting COVID-19 and one person there even passed away from the virus. But now that they have access to clean water, residents report feeling healthier overall, and there have been no Coronavirus deaths.

We are excited to announce the launch of round 6 of Crowdsourcing Kids. These 50 boxes of elephants will help fund the drilling of a well in another village in India that desperately needs access to clean water. Will you and your family help?

Crowdsourcing Kids Gives Clean Water to Entire Village

March 10, 2019 Alison Clean Water, Kids No comments

Crowdsourcing Kids launched on World Water Day 2018. In less than a year elephant sales have helped fund four well-drilling projects, bringing clean water to thousands of people! Last fall the children that sold elephants made it possible for Water of Life to drill a well in the village of Gorrepadu. This is a life-changing gift for the 1506 people that call this village home.

Village receives clean water thanks to Crowdsourcing Kids

People in this village in India now have access to clean drinking water thanks to Crowdsourcing Kids. This well was completely funded because 50 kids sold boxes of handmade elephants! This was an answer to prayer for the people here who struggle to secure work because they’re often focused on finding water. This is a life changing gift for them!

Taking a drink of clean water from the new well.

The plaque installed at the base of the new well says “This bore well is dedicated to Jesus Christ.” It also shares a Bible verse, John 4:14, “But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst.”

Plaque hanging at new well

On World Water Day 2019 we will be launching another round of Crowdsourcing Kids. This is a chance for 50 more kids to be part of funding a well-drilling project in India. If you would like to get your child involved, you can purchase a box of elephants on March 22. On World Water Day we will launch the next round of Crowdsourcing Kids. Sign up to be on the waiting list now!

Village residents enjoying new well

They Drilled It! Introducing Our First #CrowdsourcingKids Well in India!

August 23, 2018 Alison Clean Water No comments

Thanks to the combined efforts of 50 kids, the first #CrowdsourcingKids well has been drilled in India, providing fresh drinking water to 414 people in the village of Bangarumetta. According to our partners on the ground, this village used to rely on a tank that collected water from the hills, but for the past several years that water has not even lasted two months out of the year. That means the rest of the time villagers had to go to water sources far away to collect water, a job that often fell on school-aged children.

The Pastor for this village visited every Friday to lead services and share the Gospel. The well arrived, presented as a gift from Jesus, which only serves to strengthen the faith of the people there. Pastor Praveen created this thank you message especially for the children who sold elephants, funding this well-drilling project.

Want to get involved with helping to drill our second well in India? Right now there are boxes of elephants available. It’s a fundraising-kit-in-a-box that includes everything your child needs to raise money for our ministry partner Water of Life. When all the elephants from these 50 boxes are sold, we’ll be able to drill our second #CrowdsourcingKids well!

You’re Invited: Celebrate Crowdsourcing Kids August 11th!

July 14, 2018 Alison Events, Kids No comments

Our first class of Crowdsourcing Kids

They did it! The first class of Crowdsourcing Kids fully funded a well-drilling project in India! Join us in celebrating this HUGE accomplishment with a bash at the Greenville Kroc Center on Saturday, August 11 at 10am. Here are some of the highlights of this exciting event:

Learn more about the need for clean water in India.
Be the first to see the video of the NEW WELL Crowdsourcing Kids funded in India. You’ll see the faces of some of the people whose lives are forever changed because they now have access to clean water.
Enter to win amazing door prizes including four tickets to Christian Music Day at Carowinds thanks to HIS Radio!
We’ll also have 50 goody bags to hand out that include freebies and deals from our partners at the Swamp Rabbit Cafe, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Big Air Trampoline Park and more!
Make-and-take elephant crafts from our creative team of volunteer Girl Scouts!
Live music that will leave you inspired to make a difference!

We’ll also be launching our SECOND CLASS of Crowdsourcing Kids. Our next batch of 50 boxes will be available so 50 more kids can join forces and fully fund another well in India, changing the lives of hundreds of people! The boxes will be available for purchase FIRST at our Crowdsourcing Kids event on August 11. Remaining boxes will be available here through our website. Please RSVP now for this free event and get your kids exciting about changing the world!

Want to know more about what each box contains and what being a Crowdsourcing Kid is all about? Check this out!