Hello Scotland, in partnership with Kingsfield Events, are taking to the Scottish Canals to cycle and canoe 68 miles, in a bid to raise money for water charity Just a Drop.
We'll be joined in this challenga by friends, family and partners from the Scottish tourism industry, who in teams of 4 will cycle and caneo from west to east along the Forth & Clyde Canals and the Union Canal.
A child dies every 20 seconds because of a water-borne disease, and all it takes is just £1 to provide a child with safe clean water for 10 years.
Just a Drop recently completed a project in a village called Murera in Kenya - providing safe drinking water and sanitation facilities for two schools. This involed constructing rain water harvesting tanks and water collection gutters in the two school, and sanitary and urinal facilities. In total, 1,440 school children and 46 teachers benefited. They also ensured that WASH (Water & Sanitation Hygine) traning was giving to the children.
Right now, they are working on a very similar project in Kayenje, Uganda - And we can help!!
You can get involved by:
- Entering a team! (contact Lisa for more information)
- Sponsoring team refresments, t-shirts, challenge packs etc (contact Sarah for more information)
- Donating or sponsoring a team
- Offering a raffle prize
- Or by coming to cheer us along on the day!
Find out more about Just a Drop and Hello's Canal Challenge on the pages below: