Family of Late Online Giving Hero Visits Ethiopia [VIDEO]

For Rachel Beckwith's ninth birthday, she launched an online fundraiser on Charity: water, hoping to raise $300 to bring clean drinking water to children in Africa.

Rachel fell short of her goal, raising just $220, by her birthday in June 2011. The following month, the 9-year-old was tragically killed in a car accident. In her memory, donations poured into Charity: water, to complete her attempt to build a well.

More than $1.2 million was raised in her memory. That money is now bringing clean water to 60,000 people in 100 villages.

A year after her death, her family traveled to Ethiopia, to see the impact Rachel had on local communities. The above video shares footage from thei…
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