A Walk About Water
organized by Richard Michael Parker
Help Richard Michael give the gift of clean water. 100% of every donation raised will fund charity: water's work providing access to clean water projects around the world.
$100
raised
$1,500
goal
Many of us have no idea what it's like to be thirsty. We have plenty of water to drink -- even the water in our toilets is clean!
But many people around the world don’t have that luxury. Every day, about 1,400 children die from diseases caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are simple solutions like drilled wells, spring protections and BioSand filters that help provide clean water to communities around the world.
I started this fundraising campaign to help charity: water build these types of projects around the world, and I'm looking for anyone who can help me.
Please donate to my campaign -- anything you can give is a huge help.
100% of the money will be used to build clean water projects, and when they’re complete, charity: water will send us photos and GPS coordinates so we can see the exact community we helped.
Tank you for all your wonderful support. The campaign is well underway, and the original, idea was to walk from Madrid to Santiago de Compostela, but after the first 320km to Sahagun, it was decided that the route from Porto to Santiago would be better in the long run, and kinder to my feet. I completed both legs of the journey, and have posted photo essays and a brief update at http://awalkaboutwater.blogspot.com/2019/06/ , so please feel free to visit and have a look. In total 560km was covered, which takes me just over 3000km since last April, walking on behalf of this magnificent charity. Somehow all the hardships, seem easy to bear, when you consider that there are those who suffer far greater hardships than I, and none more so than those who through no fault of their own find themselves bereft of the most basic requirements of daily life, none more so than water.
It is an absolute pleasure to walk for this cause, and I hope you will be inspired by them, and in small part myself, in our mutual desire and dream to eradicate water poverty on the planet.
Arohanui
Richard
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Congrats on reaching Santiago, Richard!!
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With you in spirit Richard! May this journey be rewarding for you! ❤️
Hello everyone
I will be walking from Madrid to Santiago De Compostella as my first leg of a campaign for Charity Water. Last year I walked from The Netherlands to Santiago, a journey of 2450km, and you can read about that trip at http://awalkaboutwater.blogspot.com/ I also walked on behalf of Charity Water, but this year will do two walks, of which this is the first leg, and will again walk on behalf of Charity Water, this time as an official campaign.
The first leg of the trip will be about 700km. I carry 20kg's on my back, and average 20km a day, in solidarity with those who are forced to do so on a daily basis, just to collect their daily water.
I hope that you will feel inspired by this walk and look forward to posting Photo's, Poetry, and updates from the trail as we walk this road together for a wonderful Charity who are doing magnificent work with those who are most in need.
Water is Life!
Thank you
Rich
This campaign brought clean water to Abarilela, Uganda.
Richard Michael has partially funded 1 project.
A Walk About Water
This campaign closed on Jun 30, 2019 Richard Michael Parker brought clean water to Abarilela.
$100
raised and sent to the field
3
est. people served
This campaign raised $100. That money is hard at work in the field.
100% of the money raised by this campaign is being used to bring clean water to help those in need. In 21 months we’ll be able to show you exactly where the money went and who it helped.
