Water — each of us needs it every day to drink, bathe, and clean. But for many families around the world, accessing water isn’t as simple as turning on a faucet. On average, women and children in developing countries must walk 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) per day to collect water. Even then, it’s often unclean, leading to poor sanitation, sickness, and even death. 

Luckily, you and your colleagues can make a difference with World Vision. World Vision helps children worldwide by tackling causes of poverty and developing access to clean water, food, health care, education, and economic opportunity. They’re the largest nongovernmental provider of clean water in the developing world and a leader in handwashing education. Every 10 seconds, World Vision reaches one new person with clean water and one with a handwashing facility. 

Unite your workplace around this popular global cause by partnering with the leader in clean water. 

Employee Engagement Offering: Global 6K for Water 
Every spring, thousands of people around the world walk, run, or roll 6 kilometers to equip families in developing countries with access to clean water through World Vision’s Global 6K for Water campaign. The length of the event — 6 kilometers — honors the average distance that women and children in developing countries walk to secure water. In 2023, over 470 teams and over 24,300 people participated in the Global 6K for Water, supplying 36,000 people with reliable, clean water. 

Your workplace can get involved in the action by hosting an event site or becoming a corporate sponsor of this event. Both ensure you’ll elevate your brand by doing good. 

Benefits to your workplace: 

  • Unite your employees with a healthy team-building activity 
  • Engage your local community around a global cause 
  • Elevate your brand in the eyes of stakeholders through CSR 
  • Promote your company’s wellness strategy

Hosting a Global 6K for Water — in person or virtually — is easy! 

  • Contact a World Vision representative or register online at global6k.worldvision.org to create a custom branded team page for your company so that participants can easily sign up. 
  • Promote your event to employees and their families, your customers, and the local community. Anyone can join, from anywhere in the world. 
  • Use their turnkey event kit to host a successful Global 6K! 

It is really that easy. World Vision will send you everything you need to host a great event, including t-shirts, marketing materials, walk/run training plans, finisher medals, and race bibs featuring a unique photo of a child who benefits from clean water from World Vision. If you need a virtual option, World Vision will provide all the details you need. 

Clean water frees children from deadly diseases, liberates women and children from hours spent collecting it, and opens the door to a promising future and a fulfilling life. The Global 6K is your chance to join the global movement for clean water while connecting with your employees, your customers, and your community. 

Exploring the Impact 

Did you know that 1 out of every 10 people on the planet don’t have access to safe drinking water? Millions of women and children walk an average of 6 kilometers a day to get contaminated water for daily use. This affects their health and economic prospects. 

Need Help? 
Want to host a Global 6K for Water with your team or partner with World Vision on another project? We’re here to help. From free resources to event planning support, Global Impact is the expert in workplace giving and we’d love to connect you with World Vision.  

Let us help you inspire greater giving and foster a culture of social responsibility within your organization. Reach out today to get started!