Today 8,000 residents from Vancouver and surrounding communities joined Canadians in cities across the country for World Partnership Walk, Canada’s largest event dedicated to raising funds to help fight global poverty. This year for the nation’s 150th, organizers invited Canadians to lead by example and demonstrate what it means to be a Canadian by walking for a more peaceful, prosperous and equal world for all.
An initiative of Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC), the Walk is a national campaign that requires the talent and dedication of thousands of donors, volunteers and sponsors. This year, those who took part in Vancouver gathered together in Stanley Park and raised more than $2 million in donations. At press time, the amount counted equalled $2.14 million and organizers said they were still counting donations. Over $100 million has been raised nationally since the Walk began in 1985.
The Walk gives Canadians the unique opportunity to empower communities living in some of the poorest parts of the world to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. For more than 35 years, AKFC has brought the best of Canada to the world, to change people’s lives for the better.
World Partnership Walk supports Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s development programs in Africa and Asia—initiatives that improve access to quality education and health care, increase food security, create economic opportunities for women and men, and build strong, resilient communities and local institutions that will continue to support better futures for all.
For anyone who wasn’t able to attend the Walk but would still like to donate, visit World Partnership Walk Donation. The World Partnership Walk campaign continues until June.
