Walk for Water reinforces the gift of clean water

The Middle School’s 5th annual Walk for Water, held Friday, May 26, worked to remind students how hard life can be in other parts of the world.

Seventh-grade participants each carried six liters of water four miles, which also is the average amount and distance many women in the developing world walk every day in order to bring fresh water to their families.

The event began Friday morning when students gathered in the All School Forum and put three 2-liter bottles on their backs. They set out for Parker Mill County Park, four miles away, at about 8:30 a.m.

One of the goals of 7th Grade science at Greenhills is helping students realize they’re global citizens whose actions can have a positive impact on the world, according to science teacher Ann Novak, who helps organize the event each year. The heavily laden trek to Parker Mill helps students understand the burden many women and children face in the developing world, where the quest for clean water is often the reason girls must leave school.

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“For this one day, we experience what girls and women do every day in places like Africa where fresh water is scarce,” Novak said.