Walk for Water
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How Walk for Water works
It’s simple! Pledge how far you’ll walk each day – 4, 8 or 12km – then track your progress as you complete the challenge, raising funds so we can make clean water normal for everyone, everywhere.
Join Walk for Water today to set up your own bespoke fundraising page, where you can keep track of how far you’ve walked and how much you’ve raised. Share your page with friends and family so they can follow your progress and support you by making a donation.
Then, from 1 to 31 March, walk every day. Whether you prefer a few lunchtime laps of the park, an evening stroll, or a long weekend hike – it’s up to you how you choose to reach your target distance. Log your activity automatically using the fitness app Strava, or manually add your walks to your fundraising page – you’ll be able to see your individual progress, and every km you complete will count towards our overall total.
Why Walk for Water?
Millions of women and girls have to walk up to 12km every day to get the water they and their families need to survive – women and girls like Tiyamike, Majory and Felisberta.
When you Walk for Water, you’re helping to give Tiyamike, Majory, Felisberta and others across the world the power to change their own lives, forever.
Tiyamike is 14 years old, and lives in a remote village in Malawi. She has to walk to collect water every morning, which means she is often late for school. Tiyamike walks around 4km a day for water.
Majory, 37, is a mother of three. She lives in a mountainous village in the Monze District, Zambia. For Majory, access to clean water is a challenge. She does the strenuous uphill trip around six times in a day to make sure her family has enough to use.
Felisberta, 57, is a grandmother. She lives in a remote village in Timor Leste. Felisberta’s community has a challenging uphill walk, mostly along a rocky dried-up river bed, to reach water. It’s a 4.8km round trip.