John,

For decades, Nestlé has been sucking the town of Vittel, France dry -- stealing its water, bottling it up, and selling it for profit. Now, it’s trying to take down a local farmer brave enough to fight back, and he urgently needs our help.

Didier Thouvenin and other whistleblowers exposed that Nestlé was illegally dumping huge amounts of plastic and chemical waste, forcing the water giant to admit to creating NINE massive dumping sites!

But instead of cleaning up the mess and apologizing to local residents, Nestlé filed a legal complaint against Didier for trespassing! We know it won’t stop there -- there were 11 other activists with Didier that day and Nestlé is famous for doing everything they can to silence opposition to protect its profits.

Didier just told us he URGENTLY needs to secure a lawyer to fight back. If enough of us chip in, we can create a legal defense fund for Didier and other brave activists standing up to Nestlé... Can you help?

Yes, I’ll chip in $1 to help Didier and other water protectors stand up to Nestlé!

Here’s what happened: in 2014, Didier and other local activists entered a field owned by Nestlé through an open fence, then dug a hole to find waste that was illegally and secretly buried underground. They filmed the whole operation, filled the hole, and left without causing any damage.

As a result of their bravery, even more dumping sites were revealed -- putting Nestlé on the defensive. But now instead of taking responsibility, Nestle is coming after Didier!

It’s only a matter of time until they come after more brave activists -- and now we have a chance to be ready to fight back. If we raise enough, we can support other lawsuits against Nestlé, like one filed by members of the community who are suing for illegal pumping of their water! Or even against other corporate giants bullying ordinary people.

Didier is a farmer in a small, rural part of the country where Nestlé rules almighty. Without support from our community he’ll be bullied and bankrupted. Together we can give him the support he needs to win, then make sure other brave activists standing up to Nestlé don’t have to do it alone. It’s long past time we hold Nestlé to account -- and now we can, together.

Can you chip in $1 now to help?

Our community has been working closely with local activists in Vittel to fight back against Nestlé since 2019. First, we collected funds when no one else was to empower them to organize. And last year, when Nestlé tried to force the local community to build a pipeline to bring more water to the area, SumOfUs joined forces with local groups and killed the project. This is the next stage in our fight to protect our water from corporate grabs -- let’s win again!