Vancouverites making a difference!
http://www.iwalkforwater.ca/
2008 EARTH MONTH CAUSE: WATER
Earth Month 2008 aims to help people in need of clean water around the world.
WHY?
Every 15 seconds a child dies from water-related diseases amounting to nearly 6,000 deaths each day.
(Source: Water Treaty)
The average distance that African and Asian women walk to find clean water is 6 km.
(Source: Water Treaty)
It is 12% more likely that a child will attend school if water is available within a 15 minute walk rather than an one hour walk.
(Source: Water Aid)
EVERY DROP MATTERS...
WHAT CAN WE DO?
$25 provides one person in Eastern Africa with clean water, sanitation, and better health for life. To how many people can you give the gift of water for life?
HOW CAN WE DO IT?
2008 Walk for Water
Date: Earth Day, Tuesday April 22, 2008
Time: 9:00 am local time
Who: Staff, Family, Friends, Clients are all invited to participate
Distance: 5 km
Cities: Vancouver, Kelowna, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, London, Burlington, Kitchener, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal
THE GOAL
2008 EARTH MONTH GOAL: $150,000
Goal by province: BC $12,000, AB $38,000, SK $10,000, MB $10,000, ON $75,000, QC $11,000
Location: http://www.iwalkforwater.ca/
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24 HOUR NEWSPAPER- City stylists walk for water health
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2008/04/23/5362276-sun.html
Vancouver's aesthetics community showed that solving the world's water problems can be done one day at a time.
More than 150 salon owners, stylists and supporters marched five kilometres to city hall from Robson Street yesterday to raise $12,000 as part of a national campaign to fund clean drinking water developments for people in East Africa.
Eco-friendly cosmetics company Aveda Canada will donate a total of $150,000 to WaterCan, a non-governmental organization that guarantees one person's lifetime supply of clean drinking water for $25.
The sum will provide a clean drinking water supply for 6,000 people. The same number of children die from a lack of clean drinking water in the region daily.
"We're facing a world water crisis right now and we really want to help protect the most precious resource," said Aveda vice-president of education Joseph Caruso.
By DHARM MAKWANA, 24 HOURS
