By CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA | Reporter
The Pali Thirst Project Club, a group started by Palisades Charter High School students aimed at ending the global water crisis, is hosting a “Walk for Water” on Saturday, March 23, at Exposition Park in Downtown Los Angeles starting at 8 a.m.
The club is part of a larger-scale youth water organization that travels to schools across the country asking for students to get involved and help bring clean water to people all over the world.
Pali Thirst Project Club’s founders “fell in love with the organization last April, and since then they have created a club at Palisades Charter High in hopes of raising enough funds to build one of these freshwater wells in Eswatini, a kingdom in Africa,” Wendy Cano, a Pali High student, explained.
As of today, the Thirst Project has built and funded “water projects to provide clean water to communities in over 13 countries.”
The Thirst Walk is hoping to raise the approximate $12,000 needed to build a freshwater well, raising close to $1,200 as the Post went to print.
The group shared that there are 663 million people around the world who do not have access to clean, drinkable water.
“In communities across the globe, women and children spend their days walking to open, contaminated water sources that are often contaminated and unsafe,” Cano said.
“The average distance that someone has to walk in a developing country to collect water is 3.75 miles, carrying jerry cans that weigh up to 44 pounds. This can take up to six to eight hours a day.”
Registration is open to all Palisadians and will cost $25.
For more information, visit my.thirstproject.org/paliwalk.
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