Wisdom Spring - Walking For Water Supporting Burkina Faso in West Africa

In Burkina Faso and in many countries in Africa women & children walk for miles each day to carry water for their villages. Many of the creeks and hand-dug wells contain disease and dry out during dry season. Drought kills the crops, the animals and starvation drives many villagers to the cities threatening their ancient and natural way of life.

There's good news! Clean sustainable sources of water have been found.

Walking for Water is a fundraiser — created by teenagers in Leesburg, VA — for the benefit of indigenous people in Africa. Join us for a walk to HELP FIGHT DROUGHT in the countryside near Washington, DC, at the Morven Park Equestrian Center to raise money for the Dagara people to get water.

In 2004 Kristen Karinshak a sophomore from Heritage High school in Leesburg, VA learned that in the villages of Burkina Faso, West Africa, mothers and children have to walk up to 6 hours with heavy jugs on their heads to get water for their families, she decided to take action. At age 15, she co-led her first fundraising event by organizing 15 teenagers to start Walking For Water.

The first year we built five wells for the Dagara people. Today, Walking For Water has raised over $150,000 for the people of Burkina Faso to help drill water wells. The wells provide clean sustainable sources of water. Today, with the support of generous people like you, we have put in 22 wells. With the continuous drought situation, we need more wells to diverge from the remaining water sources that often contain disease. During her trip to Africa, Kristen also learned that there are droughts of many kinds: of medicine, of education and of rain. Drought kills the crops, animals and people. In addition, starvation, lack of schools and medicine drive many villagers to the overcrowded, poverty-stricken cities, which could destroy the entire culture.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• africa
• burkina
• faso
• drought
• water
• walking
• human
• disease
• resources
• poverty

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