Malinda doesn’t love running, but “getting clean water to people who need it is life and death,” she says. That’s why she runs the Global 6K for Water.
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An 8-year-old spends his birthday running 6K for water
Not many 8-year-olds would use their birthday as an opportunity to give back, but last year, Luke ran World Vision’s 6K for Water with his friends.
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Kianna’s family walks 6K for water
California mom Kianna Lyons doesn’t take water for granted. But she’s not only concerned about the water shortages that have affected southern California where she lives. She has a heart for moms and children in sub-Saharan Africa who walk 6K (3.7 miles) daily to bring home dirty water, and she’s determined to do something about it.
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Walk for water leads to Chicago woman’s healing
When Iza finished World Vision’s 6K walk for water in Chicago last year, she was breathless, but full of joy. She had come full circle to get out of poverty.
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One surprising way to get fit and grow your faith
Find out how you can improve your family fitness, build your faith, get outside, and help solve the clean water crisis through the Global 6K for Water.
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Family feeds their souls by walking for water together
The Sibblies family from New York heard about the global water crisis and decided to do something about it — walk for water so others don’t have to. They’re participating in World Vision’s Global 6K for Water.
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From Seattle to Syria: When worlds collide
They did not know each other, but simultaneously, their lives were plunging into an abyss. Seattle software programmer Cari Conklin was on a collision course with the Alhamdens, one of the millions of Syrian families caught in the crossfire of Syria’s civil war.
Voices
What to do for Lent: Love others
Rich Stearns reflects on Lent, a time of sacrifice and reflection leading up to Easter, as an ideal time to emulate the counter-cultural ways of the early Christians, whose faith was so attractive that Christianity spread like wildfire.
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Global 6K for Water: ‘Anybody can do it’
6K is the average distance people in the developing world walk for water. Find out how All Shores Wesleyan Church in Michigan is taking strides toward ending the global water crisis.
From the Field
Humanitarian world news: Famine looms in Somalia
This week, 2/13/17, famine looms in Somalia, a U.S. trafficking hotline sees a huge increase in calls, and Kenya’s high court says refugee camp closure is unconstitutional.