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Get inspired!Your fundraising will make a real and lasting difference to people's lives.Your support is greatly appreciated and we very much hope that our fundraising stories will inspire you to support our work.
Millions of people around the world face a daily marathon just to collect water. Every step you run with WaterAid brings those people closer to safe water and a better quality of life. Watch this film to get a taste of running the London Marathon for WaterAid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ_WEHBU01E&feature=player_embedded "A great big thank you to all those workers and volunteers that looked after us so well on the day and worked so hard on the organisation for WaterAid before and after the marathon. You make us runners feel very special and pampered!" - David Fortune (London Marathon) "Very many thanks indeed to you and all of the WaterAid team for a fantastic day. Your support throughout was magnificent and the finishing party (especially the massage) was superb. It was also great to meet other runners and to talk through the run." - Jeremy King (London Marathon)
"Despite the wind and rain, I had a good run and somehow almost got a personal best time! The refreshments you provided in the tent following the run were certainly very welcome. I found the organisation from the WaterAid side both before and during the race day to be professional and efficient." - Avi Govind (Brighton Half Marathon) "The atmosphere was absolutely amazing; it was unlike anything I've ever seen or been part of. The rain and hail made it feel a bit like I was running through purgatory though." - Dalilah Baruti (Brighton Half Marathon) Harriet, a Sprint relay participant said: "It was amazing to see so many WaterAid banners and supporters. We had fantastic support and my most memorable moment was crossing the finish line with my team." - Harriet Calis (London Triathlon)
Some people enjoyed the event so much, they did it twice! Katherine Lister's left pedal snapped off during the London Tri, so she couldn't complete the rest of the cycling. She ditched the bike and finished the run anyway. She felt she couldn't take the sponsors' money despite everyone saying it was accidental and not her dropping out, so she did the whole thing again(!) at home 4 days later with her family timing, photographing etc. Katherine managed to complete it in 3hrs 11mins, without any mishaps except mashed feet. She was pretty exhausted though, and wouldn't recommend anyone doing 2 Olympic distance triathlons within 4 days of each other. (London Triathlon)
Nicola Joyce swam the English Channel to raise money for WaterAid. "After approximately 51,000 arm-strokes, 26 miles, and 14 hrs 15 minutes of swimming, I climbed out of the sea on to the beach near Wissant, France: a Channel Swimmer. "I'd started in the dark at 3:20 on Saturday 24 July from Abbott's Cliff near Dover, and swum through stinging jellyfish, busy shipping lanes, injuries, hallucinations and a strong tide before I was able to stand on the sandy beach in France. "I'd trained for almost two years for this swim, and was as prepared as I could be, but factors like the weather and tides always held the potential to stop me from making it. "After just over 12 hours of swimming, I was nearly there. However, it would take me over two hours longer to get to the beach because the tide turned against us and the wind picked up, making progress almost impossible." - Nicola Joyce Andrew and Joe cycle Morocco on a tandem Andrew Voysey and Joe Gray raised money for WaterAid by cycling from London to Africa via France and Spain, finishing in Morocco. They covered their epic 2,000 mile journey, on their tandem bike, loving named El Toro, in an amazing 23 out of the 28 days they set themselves, while carrying everything from their tent and camping gear to spare parts for their bike! Some of the highs of their journey were; conquering the Pyrenees, meeting great people on their way who gave up their couches for them and setting their tandem speed record of 73 km/h! Some of their lows include; punctures, the language barriers, the alfresco toilets and the whirling sandstorm that greeted them upon their arrival in Africa. Nevertheless they completed it and should be very proud!
WaterAid supporter Amy Driver organised her first Walk4Water in Culcheth in 2007. The event has grown in popularity every year. Amy says: "As we walked, our thoughts were with the women in Africa and Asia who walk these distances every day with heavy water carriers, to collect water that we would not like to drink." An amazing group of friends Dipak, Anjla and Chattan took on one of the toughest challenges in order to raise money for WaterAid. They trekked up to the base camp of the world's highest mountain, Everest. The trek took them a total of 11 days to complete, 7 days to hike to the base camp and 4 days to return. Starting from Lukla to the South Base Camp on the Nepal side; they walked between 6-8 hours per day (low altitude) and 1-3 hours per day (high altitude). Crossing rivers, forests, villages, rocky trails, seeing a monastery and battling the altitude and cold weather, the group survived to get to the base camp and managed to raise over £3,000 for WaterAid's work.
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