{"id":16134,"date":"2017-03-22T15:58:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T22:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?post_type=media-center&#038;p=16134"},"modified":"2017-03-29T10:50:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T17:50:45","slug":"world-water-day-world-vision-launches-worlds-biggest-6k-walk-water","status":"publish","type":"media-center","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/about-us\/media-center\/world-water-day-world-vision-launches-worlds-biggest-6k-walk-water","title":{"rendered":"On World Water Day, World Vision launches world\u2019s biggest 6k walk for water"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime; el_class=&rdquo;vc_col-sm-push-8&Prime;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-highlights field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<ul>\n<li>Thousands around world to participate in Global 6k for Water on May 6.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;2\/3&Prime; el_class=&rdquo;vc_col-sm-pull-4&Prime;][vc_single_image image=&rdquo;16036&Prime; img_size=&rdquo;medium&rdquo; add_caption=&rdquo;yes&rdquo; alignment=&rdquo;center&rdquo;][vc_column_text]<strong>SEATTLE (March 22, 2017) <\/strong>&ndash; Thousands of walkers and runners around the world are tying up their tennis shoes for a good cause and joining the world&rsquo;s biggest 6k walk for clean water &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamworldvision.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&amp;eventID=848&amp;referrer=media\">World Vision&rsquo;s Global 6k for Water<\/a>. On Saturday, May 6, 2017, people from around the globe will walk or run 6 kilometers for an extraordinary cause &ndash; bringing clean water to children and their families around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Global 6k is a one-day, worldwide event uniting people for one amazing cause: clean water,&rdquo; said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamworldvision.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=cms.page&amp;id=1555\">Rusty Funk, World Vision&rsquo;s Global 6k Race Director<\/a>. &ldquo;What could be better than walking together to help provide life-changing water for children in need? And every step we take together is one step they don&rsquo;t have to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The distance is significant. 6 kilometers (approximately 3.7 miles &ndash; or 15 laps around a track) is the average distance people &ndash; usually women and girls &ndash; walk to get water for their families and homes in the developing world. Often, the walk is dangerous, children miss school, and the water is dirty.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up is easy! You can map a route in your neighborhood, host a site with family and friends in your community, or create a virtual team with friends across the country. When you register, World Vision will send you a Global 6k for Water t-shirt, a participants&rsquo; medal, and a race bib with a photo of the sponsored child that you&rsquo;ll be walking or running for that day. (And if you live in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamworldvision.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=register.start&amp;eventID=878\">Seattle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamworldvision.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=register.start&amp;eventID=893\">Kansas City<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamworldvision.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=register.start&amp;eventID=873\">Detroit<\/a>, you can join us in-person at one of our premiere race locations!)<\/p>\n<p>Walk, run, or even push a stroller &ndash; however you cross the finish line, you&rsquo;ll help transform the lives of women and children like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worldvision\/videos\/10154879186901977\/\">5-year-old Cheru from Kenya<\/a> by freeing them from a life spent walking for dirty water. Every $50 registration fee will provide life-changing clean water to one person. (And thanks to our sponsors, children 15 and under can sign up for just $25!)<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the great things about this event is that it doesn&rsquo;t take super-human strength to walk or run six kilometers. Almost everyone can join us!&rdquo; added Funk. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a meaningful way to spend a Saturday morning with your friends or family, walking or running together for a good cause.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There is good news about the global water crisis. In 1990, 76 percent of the world had access to improved drinking water. Today, that number is nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wssinfo.org\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/resources\/JMP-Update-report-2015_English.pdf\">91 percent and growing<\/a>. But sadly, nearly 1,000 children under age 5 still die every day from diarrhea caused by contaminated water, poor sanitation, and improper hygiene. Clean water frees children from deadly diseases, liberates women and children from a life spent gathering dirty water, and opens the door to education, a promising future, and a full life.<\/p>\n<p>World Vision is the largest nongovernmental (NGO) provider of clean water in the developing world, bringing a new person clean water every 10 seconds as part of our full solution to end poverty. In 2015, World Vision provided <a href=\"\/our-work\/clean-water?campaign=108929307\">access to clean water<\/a> to 2.3 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Register or learn more today by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamworldvision.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&amp;eventID=848&amp;referrer=media\">WorldVision6k.org<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16036,"template":"","leader":[],"class_list":["post-16134","media-center","type-media-center","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","issues-clean-water","media-center-resource-press-release","press-issue-water","programs-child-sponsorship","programs-team-world-vision"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>On World Water Day, World Vision launches world\u2019s biggest 6k walk for water | World Vision<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thousands around world to participate in Global 6k for Water on May 6.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/about-us\/media-center\/world-water-day-world-vision-launches-worlds-biggest-6k-walk-water\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On World Water Day, World Vision launches world\u2019s biggest 6k walk for water\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thousands around world to participate in Global 6k for Water on May 6.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/about-us\/media-center\/world-water-day-world-vision-launches-worlds-biggest-6k-walk-water\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Vision\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worldvision\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-03-29T17:50:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6K-Kianna.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1465\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"824\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@worldvisionusa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldvision.org\\\/about-us\\\/media-center\\\/world-water-day-world-vision-launches-worlds-biggest-6k-walk-water\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldvision.org\\\/about-us\\\/media-center\\\/world-water-day-world-vision-launches-worlds-biggest-6k-walk-water\",\"name\":\"On World Water Day, World Vision launches world\u2019s biggest 6k walk for water | World Vision\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldvision.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldvision.org\\\/about-us\\\/media-center\\\/world-water-day-world-vision-launches-worlds-biggest-6k-walk-water#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldvision.org\\\/about-us\\\/media-center\\\/world-water-day-world-vision-launches-worlds-biggest-6k-walk-water#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wvusstatic.com\\\/www\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/6K-Kianna.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-22T22:58:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-03-29T17:50:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"Thousands around world to participate in Global 6k for Water on May 6.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldvision.org\\\/about-us\\\/media-center\\\/world-water-day-world-vision-launches-worlds-biggest-6k-walk-water#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldvision.org\\\/about-us\\\/media-center\\\/world-water-day-world-vision-launches-worlds-biggest-6k-walk-water\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldvision.org\\\/about-us\\\/media-center\\\/world-water-day-world-vision-launches-worlds-biggest-6k-walk-water#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wvusstatic.com\\\/www\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/6K-Kianna.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wvusstatic.com\\\/www\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/6K-Kianna.jpg\",\"width\":1465,\"height\":824,\"caption\":\"California mom Kianna Lyons doesn\u2019t take water for granted. 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