Join us on June 10 for the 19th Walk for Water to benefit Help A Village Effort. It’s a marvellous opportunity and appropriate occasion for everyone to come together to walk with millions of others in the global community who are walking daily in search of safe drinking water for their families. Raise money through pledges to bring drinking water to villages in India.
Vancouver Walk for Water May 30
May 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
May 30th, SATURDAY 9:30 REGISTRATION 10:00 WALK STARTS ST. MONICA’S CHURCH, 6404 WELLINGTON AVE., WEST VANCOUVER Join us again this year! Dear Friends of HAVE On May 30th our Walk will cover about 3 Km. That is the distance women walk every day of the year to fetch buckets of water for their homes. With your help on this day we will provide 3 wells so that 300 people can stay home. They will be getting clean water from a village pump footsteps away. What better way to spend a morning. Come out and… [ read more ]
UNICEF report reveals troubling water statistics
February 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A report by UNICEF called Water in India: Situation and Prospects outlines the disparity in access to water depending on social class, location and usage. Severe water shortages have led to a growing number of conflicts between users in the agricultural and industrial sectors, as also the domestic sector. The lack of water availability and poor management practices have also manifested in poor sanitation facilities, one among the biggest environmental and social challenges India faces today. – The Hindu Contaminated water is actually putting India’s rural youth at greater risk of death than in other, more impoverished, nations. Unsafe water and… [ read more ]
New photos from Barachira High School
April 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Here are some photos from the high school HAVE helped with funds from Haliburton Highlands Secondary School.
