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Churches, schools, corporations rally for clean water as 6K host sites

When you walk or run the Global 6K for Water, you provide life-changing clean water to one person! You can create even more impact by becoming a host site and gathering friends and family to walk and run with you. Check out what people like you have to say about how easy and impactful it is to host the Global 6K for Water.

Clean Water

A local water crisis in a small Kansas town sparked a teacher’s interest in bringing her community together as a World Vision Global 6K for Water host site.

Change Makers

Kansas school unites community as Global 6K for Water host site

Kim and Mendy revel in the impact each person makes by hosting or participating in World Vision’s Global 6K for Water. In 2017, Mendy had hoped to get 10 people to sign up. In 2019, she and Kim aim to get 500 participants to raise $15,000 for clean water.

Clean Water

Participants cheer during the 2018 Global 6K for Water May 19 in Placerville, California.

Change Makers

Global 6K participants walk for water

World Vision’s Global 6K for Water is a one-day event where people from all over the world walk and run 6K in their own neighborhoods to bring lasting clean water to children in need. Every step you take is one they won’t have to. Check out what people like you have to say about how easy and impactful it is to walk or run the Global 6K for Water.

Clean Water

In 2017, Wendy Eckman ran the Seattle Rock n Roll marathon as part of Team World Vision to raise money for clean water in Africa. She ran in between her chemo appointments and finished strong!

Change Makers

Beating cancer while running a marathon

In 2017, Wendy Eckman ran the Seattle Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon as part of Team World Vision to raise money for clean water in Africa. She ran in between her chemo appointments and finished strong!

Clean Water

Hurricane Florence didn’t dampen the spirits of Child Ambassador Randi Jo Rooks and her family. In fact, she found that sponsoring children through World Vision allowed her family to let go of material goods long before Hurricane Florence forced them to let go.

Change Makers

How God and a hurricane sent an American family on a new journey

Child Ambassador Randi Jo Rooks believes that meeting her sponsored children prepared her to face her home’s destruction by Hurricane Florence. She found that material items no longer held the importance they once had in her life.

Child Sponsorship

Greg Loewer, Lisa Cummins, Beylynda Gentry, and Christina Bradic meet with Senator Tim Kaine's Deputy State Director and Legislative Assistant Keren Charles Dongo on Capitol Hill during the World Vision Pastor and Influencer Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C.

Change Makers

Your role as an advocate

The Bible calls Christians to advocate for those who need help, and that can seem daunting, but we each have a role to play because advocacy is a partnership.

Christian Faith

World Vision representatives walk for a meeting with a congressman in Washington, D.C.

Prayers

How to pray for your government leaders

The Bible tells us to pray for those in positions of authority. As new Congress members take office, let’s lift up both new and veteran leaders — who can all be voices of change.

Christian Faith

When children in West Pokot, Kenya, began to do handstands, World Vision water engineer Charles Kakiti, wearing his Global 6K for Water T-shirt, joined right in. He told me, “I know the struggle and stress on young children and women who carry water that ends up making them sick,” so he not only supervised the building of a clean water system for the village, but he also ran the Global 6K to personally raise money for clean water. I love how our staff around the world pour themselves into the lives of communities they serve.

From the Field

Life frames: Our favorite photos of 2018

World Vision’s photographers traveled around the world this year to tell stories of children and their families. They captured moments of struggle and moments of joy. Here are their favorite photos of 2018 and the stories behind them.