'The Marathon Walker' - Water for Africa, France

Water for Africa want to ensure that villages in Africa have clean sustainable sources of water. To raise awareness and donations to their cause they arranged for an African woman to walk in the Paris Marathon with a water carrier on her head and sign that stated. In Africa women walk this distance every day for clean water. Help shorten this distance. Donate Now.

The image was carried around the world on social and mass media and the story was the number one trending topic in France. So far 5 new boreholes have been built in Gambia.

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