Walkathons For Water

More than 500 group took to nan streets of Mijas and Benalmádena this November to return portion successful nan Walkathons for Water, a charitable inaugural designed to raise consciousness astir world h2o scarcity. Organised by nan We Are Water Foundation and supported by Hilton Grand Vacations-managed resorts Los Amigos Beach Club, Royal Oasis Club astatine Pueblo Quinta, and Sahara Sunset, nan events are portion of a bid of 19 walks crossed Europe, including Spain, nan UK, France, Italy, Portugal, and Austria.

The walks, now successful their 3rd edition, screen a symbolic 5 kilometres, representing nan regular region millions of group must recreation to entree water, often unsafe for consumption. Participants of each ages joined nan challenge, including complete 160 students and teachers from Colegio Mariana Pineda successful Benalmádena. They besides took portion successful acquisition workshops and activities designed to item nan value of h2o for wellness and wellbeing and to amended understand nan difficulties faced by communities experiencing h2o scarcity.

Virginia Ledesma, a coach astatine nan school, said: “This beautiful inaugural opened nan eyes and hearts of our students. They now understand that galore children unrecorded without entree to cleanable h2o – a reality wholly different from their own.” Mercedes Pérez, responsible for nan resort’s supermarket, added: “Seeing nan children’s joyousness was moving. The dedication of nan edifice team, led by Alexandra Barham, to beforehand responsible h2o usage passim nan twelvemonth is remarkable.”

Beyond raising awareness, nan inaugural besides served a fundraising purpose. More than €2,600 was collected to support projects successful Dhone Mandal, Nandyal district, India, and Los Moreneros, Colombia. These projects purpose to amended entree to h2o and sanitation services, enhancing nan lives of thousands of group successful these communities.

Carlos Garriga, head of nan We Are Water Foundation, thanked each participants and Hilton Grand Vacations for their commitment: “Thanks to everyone involved, we person driven an inaugural that changes nan lives of thousands who deficiency entree to this basal resource. The costs raised and consciousness generated bespeak some society’s generosity and determination to make a existent difference.”

The Walkathons for Water connected nan Costa del Sol show really organization engagement, education, and fundraising tin merge to tackle captious world challenges, leaving a lasting effect for participants and beneficiaries alike.