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Singer Corinne Bailey Rae hits the road this summer for dates in Paris, Belgium, Scotland, and the rest of Europe before joining the Lilith Fair tour in August, but you can get a preview of part of her new album now by donating to Pump Aid.
Rae, an ambassador for the non-profit, offers a free download of "Love's On Its Way," off her new album, The Sea, to anyone that donates to the organization through the Everyday Hero site. The minimum donation is 1 euro, but for as little as $8, you can give a lifetime of clean water to residents of Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Donate and download the track to support Pump Aid.
So where does your money go? The organization, founded by three teachers in Zimbabwe who saw how the lack of clean water affected their students—and their community—provides residents with an Elephant Pump, a well that provides each of 250 people with 40 liters of clean water every day and is simple and sturdy enough for kids as young as five to operate. The organization also supplies communities with the Elephant Toilet, a 3 meter-deep pit with a concrete slab on top that keeps waste out of the water supply.
"We think of water as such a frivolous commodity," Rae told Singers Room, "but 1 billion poeple don't have access to it and 5,000 children die every day because they are forced to drink dirty water. Let's stop forcing our children to drink contaminated water and help Pump Aid build more Elephant Pumps across Africa."
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