Walking For Water Around the World
March 25, 2014
Thank you to everyone who came out to walk at this year's Charleston Walk for Water!
One group of walkers gathered together to support friends witnessing firsthand the reality of the global crisis in Uganda. Water Missions International engineer Doug Lawson moved in fall 2013 with his wife Jennifer and their children to Jinja, Uganda to become members of our in-country program staff. Friends and supporters back in Charleston formed a team called LawsonTribe4 to fundraise and walk in support of the Lawson family.
Jennifer wanted to find a way to bring the Walk for Water from Charleston to Uganda. On March 22nd, while others in Charleston were walking for water, Jennifer and Doug rallied a group together to walk through the streets of Jinja and hand out free bottles of water.
The Lawsons and their friends handed out free bottles of water on Saturday in Jinja, Uganda.
“The people we gave this water too were so happy. They could not believe that we would give them something for free,” Jennifer wrote on her blog. “You all worked very hard to support our work here and around the world! Thank you also to all who donated to the Walk for Water! Every dollar counts,” she said. To read all about the event, as well as the other adventures of the Lawson family, go to http://lawsontribe4.wordpress.com/.
Like Jennifer, you too can bring the Walk for Water to your community. Through Water Missions International’s Walk in a Bucket initiative, you can get all the tools you need to host your own Walk for Water. Join us in taking the steps to save lives all around the world through the provision of safe water access. Go to walkingabucket.org/ to learn more about how you can transform lives through this event.
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