What is Walk 4 Water?
Did you know that one third of the world's population live in Water Crisis countries? Over two million people die every year due to water-borne illnesses, almost 4 per minute! Millions of women and children walk an average of about 4 miles per day to fetch water, and the water they get is extremely polluted. It is because of this tremendous need for clean water that Healing Hands International began hosting the annual event Walk 4 Water.
The walk is 4 miles long, because that's the distance that millions of people must walk every day to fetch water. They must make the walk back home carrying an average of about 5 gallons of water, weighing more than 40 pounds! We won't force you to carry a 5 gallon jug of water while you participate in Walk 4 Water, but there will be some 5 gallon jugs available if you would like to try!
If you participate in the walk, you will be helping us at Healing Hands raise funds to provide clean water for thousands of people around the world. We are asking walk participants to share with their family and friends about how so many people do not have access to clean water and to invite them to be sponsors for the walk. All of the proceeds raised by this event will go directly toward HHI's water development projects throughout the world.
For more information, please give us a call at (615) 832-2000 or email us at walk4water@hhi.org. To register online to participate in the walk, click here.
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