WALK-A-THON FOR WATER
IN MALAWI
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WATER WALK-A-THON
How important is proper sanitation and safe drinking water to you? Today, 2.5 billion people (almost a billion of them children) live without basic sanitation or safe drinking water. On Sat. Nov. 3, 2012, Cedardale Church held a 5km Water Walk-a-thon (from the church to the library and back) to raise money to provide a deep tube well in Africa. Our goal was to raise $1,500, enough to drill one well which will provide water for 100 – 500 people. We succeeded ... Hallelujah! A walker in the Water Walk-a-thon: Fill out a Walk-a-thon Registration Form and drop it off at the church office on Tuesday, Thursday or Friday. Get some sponsors and make your walk worthwhile!! A suggested sponsorship pledge is $2/km, i.e. $10 for the walk. Pick up a Walk-a-thon Pledge Form and get your sponsors to sign it. Then, do the walk, pick up the pledges signed and drop the form and the money to the church. Be at the church at 8:45 am on Sat. Nov. 3, ready to walk at 9:00 am. After the Walk-a-thon, stay for a Water Walk-a-thon Brunch at the church. See me at the table in foyer on Sunday for forms, or download them right here. Susanne Thiessen Cedardale NMI President October 14, 2012 and November 15th 2012 |
You can download the Registration and Pledge Forms right here, and begin preparing for the November 3rd WALK now.
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We know that, ultimately, water is more important than food for survival. So, when was the last time you even thought about how you would get a drink of water? Imagine not being able to turn on a tap and get a drink of water, or not having the luxury of using a tub of water to clean clothes, or not having a hose connected to a faucet to water a garden that will produce a needed food supply for your family. These are everyday challenges for those living in the rural villages of Malawi where one would be hard pressed to find potable water.
In Malawi, most women and many children walk for hours each day carrying the necessary water for their families use in large buckets on their heads. For some, this may mean using brackish water from unmoving streams and rivers for drinking, with all the inherent dangers that type of water presents. For the lucky, it may mean using a village water well that produces a cleaner water source for drinking, washing clothes, and perhaps for watering a home garden. Strategically placed village wells, provided by charitable organizations, become gathering places for villagers, places where true community is developed. If water is truly the source of life, then these simple and free water wells are a source of hope for these struggling families.
In Malawi, most women and many children walk for hours each day carrying the necessary water for their families use in large buckets on their heads. For some, this may mean using brackish water from unmoving streams and rivers for drinking, with all the inherent dangers that type of water presents. For the lucky, it may mean using a village water well that produces a cleaner water source for drinking, washing clothes, and perhaps for watering a home garden. Strategically placed village wells, provided by charitable organizations, become gathering places for villagers, places where true community is developed. If water is truly the source of life, then these simple and free water wells are a source of hope for these struggling families.