Why we're walking, running & riding for water this October.
696 million people in the world – almost one in ten – do not have clean water close to home. Every day, women and children walk long distances to collect and carry water for their families. Girls and boys often begin collecting water as children and girls continue to collect and carry water throughout their lives. Many girls spend hours each day collecting water, which can cause them to miss time at school. And not only that, sometimes the water they are forced to collect is dirty, carrying water borne diseases and leading to sickness in their community.
This is why we need your help – we are asking you to walk for water, so that they don’t have to.
By walking, running or riding for five days, you can raise awareness and funds so people around the world can access clean water for the first time.
Please donate to my fundraising page to contribute to WaterAid's amazing work. For just $50, WaterAid could buy water system tools to provide a rural community with clean water.
The more people that know about WaterAid, the more we can achieve together.
Please spread the word by sharing my fundraising page with your friends and family. Thank you in advance for your generosity, it means a lot!
SA Water 2026's wonderful sponsors
$217
Naomi Van Der Linden
$217
Kay Price
Proud of you
$107
Mariella Hocking
Happy to support the cause
$104
Carl Dorsch
Great cause!!
$56
Nat Warnock
Good on you mate. Earning those beers by helping others. 👍💪
$56
Rachel Edwards
Good cause, great effort
$56
Luke
$56
Sarah Ernst
Important cause - great work Leon!
$56
Kerry Maidment-grocke
$56
Garrath Van Der Linden
Onya mate!
$56
Rachel And Lee
A great cause
$56
Alida Holmes
Well done, great cause.
$56
Steve Kotz
Well done Leon
$56
Anita Laing
Excellent cause Kerry!
$56
Samantha Zlatkovic
Great work Leon xx
$50
Anonymous
$34
Margherita Dorsch
Well done Leon! Do your best!!
$24
Gus Kingston
Wear those shoes out Leon.
$24
Anonymous
Good luck Ash
$24
Anonymous
Good work Leon
$24
Anna Day
Walk well, team!
$24
Leon Van Der Linden
Go Ash!
$23
Anonymous
$20
Anonymous
Go Mt Gambier Team!
$12
Holly
Good on you Leon
Our Team Members
Jodie Carey
$50
Ben McKinnon
$70
Kerry Maidment-Grocke
$384
Tanishka Soneja
Tamika Roberts
Divya Sharma
Ash Petek
$48
Mike Gibbons
Alex Sabohanian
Leon van der Linden
$913
Jadynne Harvey
Jacqui Guerin
Nicola Murphy
Great work bro 😎 🚶 💦