Rachel's Wishing Well

11/04/2019

11/30/2011

CEO of Facebook using Rachel Beckwith's my:charity water story to show how social media can influence people's behavior around the world. At the 4 minute marker.

SHERYL SANDBERG, Facebook's chief executive officer, has argued in The Economist's annual shot at prognostication, The World in 2012, that social media have been a force for good, encouraging things like charitable givin

10/23/2011

Rachel, Sienna, & Mother: Samantha

10/23/2011

10/23/2011

In NYC at charity: water's office reading mail

10/23/2011

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44126864/ns/today-today_people/t/-year-old-girls-charity-legacy-tops-million

Rachel Beckwith wanted to raise $300 by her ninth birthday to help bring clean water to people in poor countries. Donors from across the world are making sure her wish is realized.

10/23/2011

CBS News video: Girl's death inspires thousands to donate - CBS News correspondent Hattie Kauffman reports on Rachel Beckwith, a 9-year-old girl whose last wish before she died was to raise money for a charity. Then, Chris Wragge talks to Samantha Paul, the mother of Rachel Beckwith and Scott Harris...

10/23/2011

Nicolas Kristof writes an article in memory of Rachel Beckwith

In a grim summer, the story of a 9-year-old girl who teaches us adults about maturity truly renews our faith in humanity.