STEP OUT AND CHANGE THE WORLD
Throughout the world, millions of people have to walk miles to find water. And often, at the end of their journey, what water they find is dirty and unhygienic.
Samaritan’s Purse wants to change that.
 All you have to do is go for a walk.
On Saturday 10th May (or a date that suits you) Samaritan’s Purse – well-known for their Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes - are asking thousands of people to go for a walk. They want folk to walk four miles – the average distance that women in Africa and Asia have to walk to find water.
The Turn On The Tap Challenge Walks will highlight facts such as the appalling statistic that every 20 seconds a child in the developing world dies from disease related to drinking dirty water.
Simon Barrington, Executive Director of Samaritan’s Purse (UK), says:
‘It is very straightforward to organise a walk and we have produced detailed Turn On The Tap Challenge Walk guides covering all you need to know. Taking part in a Turn On The Tap Challenge Walk will be a very positive experience for all involved and will make a tangible difference to the well-being and future of people in the developing world.’
The idea is really simple.
- All walkers pay a one-off registration fee of £2 per person.
- They walk for four miles.
- Er ... that’s it.
Oh, all right, you want more? Well there are lots of things that you can do along the way to raise awareness, increase understanding and even raise more money – for details see www.turnonthetap.
Water Facts
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1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to safe water (roughly one out of every six people in the world).
- In the United Kingdom, the average person uses 150 litres of water every day.
- The average person in the developing world uses 10 litres of water every day; the same amount of water we use every time we flush the toilet.
- The average distance that women in Africa and Asia walk to collect water is 4 miles.
- The weight of water that women in Africa and Asia carry on their heads is commonly 20kg, the same as the average UK airport luggage allowance.
- One five-star hotel in London charges water at £50 a litre and even chain restaurants charge £3.80 for bottled mineral water.
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