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COPENHAGEN â A 6-kilometer (3.7 miles) walk or run would tire anyone out.
Thatâs the average distance people in developing countries have to walk every day to collect water that is often unsafe to drink. To raise money to help fund water projects, a local World Vision Global 6K for Water was held Saturday, starting at Copenhagen Central School.
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organizaton with a focus on helping children around the world, including the United States. These runs help fund its efforts of providing water to communities that lack easy access to clean water.
Copenhagen has been hosting a 6K for five years.
Times staff report
COPENHAGEN â More than 800 children under age 5 die every day from drinking dirty water and from poor sanitation due to the lack of water.
This communityâs fifth 6K run/walk to raise money for water projects in developing countries is trying to help solve that.
The local World Vision Global 6K for Water is set for 9 a.m. Saturday starting at Copenhagen Central School. Virtual participants are welcome and can complete their 6Ks when and where they want.
A discount on all registration fees expires at the end of today.
The distance is 6 kilometers because that is the average distance many people, usually women and children, walk every day to collect water that is often not even safe enough to drink.
FROM NEWS REPORTS
SELMA The ECI Global 6K for Water will be at 3 p.m. May 23 at Prairie Creek Reservoir, 7801 S. Delaware County Road 570-E.
With past years events, the East Central Indiana community has raised more than $127,000 (benefiting 2,879 people) for sustainable clean water projects in the developing world, with a focus on countries in Africa, and India and Haiti. The World Vision Global 6K for Water is a worldwide event to raise funds for children who need clean water.
The distance of the walk/run is 3.73 miles or 6K, which is the average a child walks in the developing world for contaminated, dirty water, according to a release from local organizers Kristen Herbst and Staci Buck.