This woman celebrated her big 3-0 by raising funds to support other women.

Mallory Brown traveled to Ethiopia for her 30th birthday with the goal of raising $30,000 in one day , as part of CrowdRises 24-Hour-Impact challenge . The funds would go to providing job training and materials for 30 women in the rural village of Chapa, Ethiopia, to start their own businesses.

Im celebrating my 30th birthday today, not with my friends toasting over champagne or dancing until dawn, but with 30 women Ive just met in Ethiopia, she writes in a blog about the fundraiser. During my travels, Ive felt more and more connected to women. Women are mothers, teachers to their children when they cant afford school, and doctors when there is no hospital. Helping a women will help her family, which in turn, will help her community.

Brown blew past her target, with more than $36,000 donated so far, and counting.