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5K Walk/Run for Water: Saturday, Oct. 17


The Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project will host its second 5k Walk/Run for Water on Saturday, October 17th at MCC to raise money for Water for Sudan, Inc.

The event begins at 10:00AM with check-in beginning at 9:15AM at the PAC Center. The first 50 individuals who raise $100 will receive a free Water for Sudan T-shirt. Prizes will be awarded to the top three individuals who raise the most money. Registration for the event is $15.

To register for the walk/run and receive your sponsor sheet, please log onto <<https://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1793062&assetId=3ec60982-8f7d-4cff-9a0f-c60be7a9caaa>> or the Water for Sudan website at https://www.waterforsudan.org/upcoming-events/. Find additional information and sponsor sheets in the “Walk for Water Sponsor Sheet” attachment. Check in begins at 9:15 on the day of the event. Please bring your collected funds and sponsor sheet with you on the day of the event.
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In Southern Sudan, women and children walk up to 8 hours a day for water that they must carry home on their backs in jerry cans or in large gourds. Some families have to walk twice daily for water. Once they reach a watering hole, the water is often stagnant and contaminated with disease-causing parasites. Life doesn’t have to be this hard for the people of Southern Sudan.

The Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project is MCC’s unique organization for telling the stories of the Holocaust and other genocides while transforming individuals to become advocates for human rights. The students of the Project have partnered with Water for Sudan to raise over $20,000 in the last five years.

Water for Sudan, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded by Salva Dut, one of thousands of lost boys who, at age 11, survived Sudan’s civil war by walking across Africa’s harsh wilderness dodging militia to reach safety in refugee camps. Nineteen years after arriving in the United States, he went back to Sudan to search for his father. His father had made it through the war only to be gravely ill from drinking contaminated water. Salva decided then he would find a way to make sure his father never had to drink contaminated water again. He spent the next few years building his not-for-profit Water for Sudan, Inc.

Angelique Stevens
English/Philosophy
10/09/2009


Attachments:
icon Walk for Water Sponsor Sheet.pdf