The BIG Walk - Cork to Kenya - 10,000km Challenge

22_nd April 2024 - 31_st October 2024

Nationwide, ireland

Join the BIG walk as collectively we cover 10,000km, the distance from Cork to Kenya and raise vital funds to provide clean water for communities in Kenya.

How does it work?

Step 1 Register for the BIG Walk and you’ll automatically get your own online fundraising page.

Step 2 Set Goal. How many km’s do you want to cover your own way - walk, run, cycle .. it’s up to you.  Add your km’s manually to your page or link your chosen fitness app to do it automatically.

Step 3 Share your BIG Walk fundraising page and boost donations.  Invite friends, family, colleagues to join you on your challenge.

Step 4 Free Gift. If your fundraising page reaches €150 we will post you a special Kenyan thank you gift.

Step 5 Interactive. Follow our interactive map as the marker moves it’s way from Cork to Kenya with every kilometre completed.  Check out the video’s along the route.

Take on the BIG Walk challenge and help us raise vital funds to provide clean water. 

Girls and women walk up to 10km every day to collect water from ponds, streams and rivers – hours missed from school and work.  But it’s the only way to get water for drinking, cooking and cleaning and this water is contaminated and can transmit diseases such as diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio.

“If you want to go fast, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together”.  (African proverb) 

Access to clean water and sanitation is a basic human right but there are no quick fix solutions. Since 2006, we have enabled 56,551 people to access clean water through rain water harvesting, spring protection and gravity fed schemes. 111,000 children across 342 schools have toilets and water to wash their hands. We haven’t done it alone and we have to go far to reach many more families, villages and schools in the region. With your help we can get there together. 

Click the register button now and start clocking your km’s today. 

FAQs: 

·       Is there a donation required when registering? Yes, it is €20 for individuals and €50 for schools and is included in the totals funds raised.

·       What happens after I register?  Following registration you will receive an email from iDonate, with a link to activate your fundraising page. For support with your fundraising page, email [email protected].

·       Can I donate without taking part?  Yes you can, just click the donate button.

·       Where and when do I walk?  It’s up to you - you choose when, where and how long you want your BIG Walk to be.

·       Is there an option to purchase merchandise?  Yes, those who register have the option to purchase two items of merchandise as a momento of your BIG Walk (1) a beaded wrist band made in Kenya or (2) a branded Brighter Communities Worldwide neck scarf/snood to   keep you cosy on your walks, runs or cycles – cost €5 including p&p. 

·       What does the money raised do?  Funds raised will provide rain water harvesting schemes at schools, gravity water fed and spring protection schemes in the community, education and information about water and sanitation through community education programmes.