Thirst

In 2004, Scott Harrison boarded a plane for West Africa after a decade of living as a nightclub promoter in NYC. Spiritually bankrupt, he asked himself: What would the opposite of my life look like? This question led Harrison to found charity: water. Ten years later, with the help of more than a million donors, this organization has brought clean drinking water to 7 million people and taken a leading role at ending the world's water crisis--in which 663 million people lack access to clean water. In Thirst, Scott tells the unlikely story of his charity's founding and how he built it into one of the most respected nonprofits. World-renowned for transparency, innovative marketing, and their model in which 100% of donations go to actual projects, charity: water has changed how nonprofits work. In the bestselling tradition of books like Start Something That Matters, Shoe Dog, and Mountains Beyond Mountains, Thirst is a riveting account of how to build a better charity, a better business, a better everything--and a gritty tale of redemption that speaks to the hunger for purpose within us all.