Water Walk 2011

Everyone is getting excited about raising funds for the water truck so the women don't have to continue to do the long walk for water, and - bonus - the truck will give them clean drinking water. We have lots of information on the website for positively Africa including registration forms. I'll try to keep you posted as to how we are doing on our community goal for raising enough money to buy a used truck for the Masai women.

Today I was speaking to students at Belmont High, and Deb and Martine were at Central. It is great to think that if all the people we talk to make at least one small change in their behaviour soon we will have a water-conscious world. And we will also have lots of posters for the water walk and a whole host of young fund-raisers. It's exciting. I can almost see the wheels on the truck going round and round...

I tried lifting even 10 litres of water which of course is only half what the Masai women carry. I think we will hear a few complaints on May 15th. While its a challenge to move even a small amount of water, it's a good opportunity to see how lucky we are to have taps. I was surprised that no one used wells in the western communities. I guess Saltspring is different from Victoria and the youth there might understand about running out of water more easily than the city kids.

Enough for today - but tomorrow I might try to post a picture.

WaterWalk 2011

Spring is coming and time for more action that will allow people in other parts of the world to enjoy a less burdened life. Last year when I was in Kenya - as well as realizing that Health Care is unreachable to most, I was shocked to learn how hard women worked to get drinking water. In my mind they were getting clean drinking water but a visit by friends tells me that it is not clean water at all. The image of the woman walking to the river is very clear on Maggie's blog http://www.journeyrwanda.blogspot.com