Special Features - My City - April 2015

Abbotsford News Friday, April 17, 2015 A35

Just 4% of villagers in Yella, Ethiopia have access to clean water and they often have to walk 8 hours just to get it. This shouldn’t be. But you can change this. PAGE 37

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There is an unfinished project currently waiting in Yella, Ethiopia that could be providing clean drinking water to the 18,000 people in the village.

Envision Financial’s 8th Annual Run for Water on May 31 needs to raise $150,000 to complete the large-scale water project that began last year.

Staging the run itself requires a lot of money, and while many of the costs are covered through sponsorships, some of the funds must pay expenses.

“To close roads, we need to pay for every police member involved, we need to pay for traffic control, for ambulance, for medals, shirts, chip timing, et cetera,” says Run for Water executive director, Peg Peters.

When someone signs up for the five-kilometre run they pay a mandatory registration fee of $25. Of that, 15 to 20 per cent goes towards helping the people of Yella get clean water, but 100 per cent of individually fundraised money goes towards the cause.

“Our biggest goal is to convert runners into fundraisers this year. Usually, less than 10 per cent of runners fundraise,

the community doesn’t know how to fix a pump or can’t afford the diesel,” says Peters.

Instead, a system of pipes uses gravity to deliver the uncontaminated water to 45 different water points.

It costs only $35 to bring each person clean drinking water and change a life forever.

Another project is Kids4Caro through Run for Water’s 50 partner schools throughout the Lower Mainland, that encourages students to fundraise to help build a school and bring clean water to the village of Caro, Ethiopia.

“Girls typically have to walk for four hours to find water for their family and the water they get is contaminated and full of disease,” says Peters. “This project will change everything. Girls will get to go to school and they will have access to clean water for the first time in their lives.”

They are also partnering with imagine1day.ca - a charity from Vancouver that works in Ethiopia doing educational transformation.

For more information or to register to race, visit runforwater.ca

so we see huge potential for growth,” says Peters. “Our goal is to do our best to share the story of exactly where their money is going and how it is being used, and hope that our transparency appeals to people to get them involved.”

The biggest change that Peters has noticed over the past eight years is how large the event has become, attracting nearly 5,000 people last year.

Regardless of the complications of holding such a high caliber and growing run, it’s all worth it for Peters and the team of part-time staff and volunteers, who are excited that an event with such global impact was started in Abbotsford.

“It is unlike any other race or marathon event in B.C.,” he says. “It allows competitive runners to have a great experience, and also allows families to walk with strollers around Mill Lake.”

To bring water to the people of Yella, the goal is to complete the gravity flow water system that uses technology suitable for the community.

“It doesn’t make any sense to put in a diesel generator with a pump when


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3-4 cloves garlic, minced or crushed

1/4 cup fresh orange juice

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2 Marinate the chicken overnight or bake right away.

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Special Features - My City - April 2015