<p><img src="images/gallery09/5668/58757/400x400.jpeg" /> </p><p>Lend me thine ears, oh yee friends and philanthropists! </p><p>The problem with exercises in largesse today, as we see it, is the total lack of any risk to life and limb. No longer satisfied with checkbook activism, R. Montague Whiting III, J. Peter Gabriel, and Ms. Michelle Medina are setting out to dominate the Rickshaw Run, charity's answer to how we can make a truly grand, pointless gesture on behalf of the less fortunate. Three feckless wanderers tearing across the Sub-Continent in September 2011, with naught but their moxie and seven horsepower's worth of India's finest in transportation luxury. From Shillong to Jaisalmer, we'll be racing against some 90 other teams, the inevitable breakdown of our autorickshaw, and our own seemingly preternatural ability to get into trouble. All for the benefit of FRANK Water Projects, the only decent piece of this entire equation.</p><p>FRANK Water funds sustainable clean water projects in developing countries around the world. The organization was founded by Katie Alcott in 2005, after she visited India and contracted dysentery. Coming back to the UK she realised that by selling ethical bottled water she could use the profits to fund new clean water facilities for villages in need. Today, FRANK Water funds projects throughout India and the world, and is helping to bring clean drinking water to the people who need it most every day. </p><p>You can visit their website here:&nbsp; www.frankwater.com</p><p>We're asking for help to reach our charitable goal - 1,000 British pounds, which translates to roughly $3.6 Billion in U.S. currency. All donations will go directly to FRANK water. Look, we'd be going on the trip anyways. Someone, anyone, anywhere should benefit from this completely reckless endeavor. In a world where 4,000 children die <em>every day</em> from not having adequate water, the solution seems obvious. We're risking our lives for the children. </p><p>To donate, please click the donations bar on the left side of this page. </p><p>So please, visit our donation page and help us in our quest to risk death and dismemberment for something other than our own sense of adventure. Think of all that delicious tap water you enjoy every day. Think of all the people who don't have that same, simple resource. Think of three idiots on three wheels, trying like hell to do something about it. Think of the tax deduction. <em>Think of the children.</em> </p><p>&nbsp;</p>