Run for Water 2012 (Abbottsford and Calgary)

It’s quite obvious from my scholarly research profile that I am very interested in water, but not only from the research standpoint but also from the activist side of things. I had written before about Run for Water but I realize that I haven’t written about it this year (and this year it takes place in Calgary, AB and Abbottsford, BC so even more important to highlight it)

Run For Water is an Abbotsford based nonprofit society dedicated to staging a high-calibre running event. The members of Run For Water Society share the goal of promoting healthy physical activity and community spirit as well as raising funds for clean water development in under-privileged communities.

You can register for the Abbottsford run here and for the Calgary one here. You can also donate directly to HOPE International here.

You can help HOPE International Development Agency provide families in southern Ethiopia with clean water by participating in this year’s Run For Water events be organized by friends of HOPE International Development Agency in British Columbia and Calgary.

There are two events to choose from in 2012:
– Abbotsford, British Columbia, May 27, 2012
– Calgary, Alberta, September 8, 2012

Your participation will transform lives! By participating as a runner or walker in the Abbotsford Run For Water or Calgary Run For Water event, you can radically change the future of thousands of people in southern Ethiopia who live without access to clean, safe drinking water. Without clean water, these families remain trapped in poverty – the hallmarks of which are disease and malnutrition.

This is a very worthy event and if I could run it myself I would but unfortunately I won’t be able to. But hopefully many of you will! Help improve the lives of people in Southern Ethiopia and enable them to access water. Given how much clean water we have in BC, hopefully that will encourage British Columbians (and Albertans!) to participate in Run for Water.