Why we're walking, running & riding for water this October.
703 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!
Yarra Valley Water 2025's wonderful sponsors
$1,000
Stows Waste Management
$500
Robert Fittock
$420
Anonymous
This donation is for walk for water aka happy hippo suit fashion parade cheers D
$250
New Plumbing Solutions
Good luck Cait and great work raising funds for such an important initiative.
$211
Sue Mackenzie
Bravo Caitee
$211
Mitchell & Loughrey Engineers
Good one Laura!!
$115
Veronica Yang
$111
Antilla Advisory Pty Ltd
Well done Rish, it’s such a beautiful cause. We tend to take a lot of things for granted in Australia 😊. Good to remind ourselves sometime’s.
$106
Maryanne Tully
$106
Bugalugs
Joining me on the 30km walk in the hippo suit?
$106
Anonymous
$106
Paul Jackson
Go Bridie!
$106
Sally
Great cause! Jia You!
$106
Miklos Horvath
Great initiative Rish!
$106
Anonymous
A very worthy cause.
$106
Anonymous
$106
Evelyn Portek
$106
Trevor Alex
A great cause. All the best Rish.
$106
M Ichael Rose-miller
A good cause
$106
Janenne And Daniel
Go Sime!
$106
Lyn And Nick
What a great cause. Enjoy the walk
$106
Jbr
Good cause, great effort B. X J👏😊
$106
Dave Lange
Great cause Cait. Smash that target :)
$106
Anonymous
Go Cat!!!
$106
Mr
Great cause. Get cracking!
$106
Giorgianni & Liang Lawyers
Good Luck Daniel :)
$106
Nic B
$106
Anonymous
$106
Anonymous
$106
Helen Mcvean
Good on you Stephanie!
$104
Lauren Marc
$100
Tamara Arunthavanathan
Great effort Rish
$100
Nick
Good on you Bridie!
$100
Cam Smith
Go Team!
$100
Anonymous
Good on you
$100
Lara Abdulhak
So proud of you !
$80
Emily Chim
$75
Dylan Clough
$70
Effective Tax Accounting
$65
Anonymous
For the one in ten!
$65
Anonymous
we all deserve clean water! Woo
$65
Anonymous
$60
Cristian
Well done, Grace! Happy walking!
$56
Anonymous
$54
Anonymous
$54
Katheresh Jayaprakash (kj)
Best wishes
$54
Amy Crowe
Well done Ahlam!!
$54
Sue And Glenn
We are right behind you ……. In spirit of course 🤣
$54
Anonymous
$54
Carlina D
$54
Kylie Ross
Go Chrissie go! You can do it.
$54
Lucy Martiniello
Good on you Sal - great cause!
$54
Anonymous
$54
Christine Lim
Cheering you on !!!
$54
Anonymous
If you get to $2K I want to see you in an inflatable hippo ballerina suit.
$54
Tony Wang
$54
Ian Furphy
$54
Mei Soo
Good luck and have fun!
$54
Anthea Horsley
All the best for the walk Stephanie :)
$54
Thurlow Family
Cheering you on Harold!! Fighting and Add Oil please!!
$54
Christine Yong
May God bless your journey with Him 🙏🏻
$54
Yenni Hwang
Such an amazing cause, jie! Your effort will make a difference - keep shining and pushing forward 💪💖
$54
Christine Vong
$54
Emily Rose
Good luck! Xxx
$54
Mum
Well done to you & team
$54
Misko M
$54
Shankar Ganesh
$54
Matthew Parnell
Happy running, walking and riding, Marta!
$54
Marta Frasca
Good on you good luck you doing a very good thing
$54
Kate Lowe
Always inspiring me girl, pls give us future water content 💙
$54
Arthur Chim
$54
Emily Chim
$54
Tim
Onya Caity xx
$54
Anonymous
Prada you <3
$54
Haibin Zheng
Well done Rish, thanks for doing this for our kids!
$54
Joanna Cooper
$54
Derheta Wagenaar
$54
Edward Mackenzie
Go Cait! Ed xx
$54
Vinny And Jayne
What a great cause Sim
$54
Kirsty Bortolin
Go you good thing
$54
Felicity Gould
$54
Anonymous
Hip Hip(po) Horay for WaterAid!!!
$54
Peter Murphy
$54
Cindy Kozel
$54
Samantha Phelps
Let's go Jacqui!!!
$54
Lesley Ryall
$54
David Zropf
Well done Bridie! Go for it!
$54
Peter Murphy
$54
Peter Murphy
$54
Denham Melder
I will pay more if run and don't walk :)
$54
Peter Murphy
$54
Julie Mouka
$54
Anonymous
$54
Ash Hamer
$54
Bridie Fennessy
Go you good thing. Looking forward to seeing you flipping a flipper again very soon. 🦈
$54
Anonymous
Good on you, Ahlam!
$54
Kimjan Achilles
$54
Anonymous
$54
Mary Cox
So good, enjoy it and well done 😊
$54
Alberto Vela
Go, go, go Charisse!!
$54
Liz Cosham
Lets GO!!!!!!!
$54
Nadine Kadi
Well done Ahlam 🙌🏼
$54
Tas Khanam
$54
David Johnston
Walk strong you wonderful woman
$54
Emilya Umashankar
$54
Anonymous
If you get to $2k I want to see you in an inflatable hippo ballerina suit.
$54
Anonymous
If you get to $2k I want to see you in an inflatable hippo ballerina suit.
$54
Anonymous
If you get to $2k I want to see you in the inflatable hippo ballerina suit
$53
Anonymous
$53
Anonymous
$53
Anonymous
$53
Leisa
$53
Alice S
Well done Grace and team - happy walking this week!
$53
Anonymous
Sweaty
$53
Anonymous
$50
Jess
Go Lozzlepops!!
$50
Statewide Air And Noise
Good luck with your walk Charisse
$50
Rob
Woo! Go Team!
$50
Rob
Woo! Go Team!
$50
Rob
Woo! Go Team!
$50
Rob
Woo! Go Team!
$50
Shah Choudhury
$50
Anna Cummins
$50
Nicole Karidis
$50
Robert Fittock
$50
Anonymous
$50
Rob
Woo! Go Team!
$50
Rob
Woo! Go Team!
$50
Anonymous
All the best Marcus
$50
Marc Warshall
Good luck, Tony.
$50
Tony Citera
$50
Sally Crook
$50
Shahadat Khan
Abbu, proud of this great idea. Abbu
$50
Anwara Happy
Dear Rish, I appreciate your delightful initiative 🎉♥️. It is of course a well deserved approach👏👏👏. Thank you, Anwara
$50
Rish Khan
$50
Badia Naoufal
Gooooooo Ahlam 🩷
$50
Jody Altmann
$50
Priyanka Kaur
$50
Marz Raul.
$47
Sarah Vogels
Go Cat !!
$33
Ashley Crook
You got this!
$33
Chi Thurlow
Thank you Harold for raising awareness for such a great cause!!
$33
Katrina Theophanous
Great cause
$33
Ajit Shiwakoti
$33
Anonymous
$33
Ellen Vitis
All the best Paisley, im sure youll reach both your goals. Ellen
$33
Anonymous
$32
Ervina
$32
Poppy
Good luck Chloe :))
$30
Jenny Crook
You go Sal!!
$30
Jenny Klingler
Good on you Cait.
$30
Rishiram
Thank you Agit ji for your great contribution and initiation
$29
Niamh Fitzpatrick
$28
Emily Moss
You go girl!
$28
Joseph Tran
$28
Jerzy Zywicki
$28
Anne
Go Sal!
$28
Sarah D
Goodluck Sal!
$28
Denham Melder
$28
Denham Melder
$28
Nicole
Smash it, Sal!! Xxxx
$28
Liz Gordon
Nothing watered down about this effort 💙💙💙💙
$28
Lily Zahiri
$28
Tony Wise
$28
Chloe Webb
Keep on walking!
$28
Paul Golsworthy
Let's go Jaws!
$28
Paul Golsworthy
$28
Paul Golsworthy
$28
Paul Golsworthy
$28
Amber Pyke
$28
Paul Golsworthy
$28
Paul Golsworthy
$28
Tony Wise
$28
Paul Golsworthy
$28
Paul Golsworthy
$28
Anonymous
$28
Sarah Webb
Go kick water!
$28
Ken
Let's go team!!!
$28
Emily Chim
$28
Davi De Leon
$28
Meg O'brien
$28
Jacqui Phelps
$28
Alex Forsyth
$28
Skye
$28
James Box
$28
Rhiannon Matthews
Walk, run, ride Paul!
$28
Rhiannon Matthews
Keep hustling Steph!
$27
Bridget Lansell
Go Chloe!
$26
Nicole
Go Yola :)
$25
Robert Mladenis
$25
Robert Mladenis
$25
Anonymous
Good luck with the walk hishanee
$25
Shantanu Bendre
$25
Nichola Tranter
$25
Alison Miller
$25
Adrianna And Mathew
$25
Anonymous
$23
Anonymous
Great to be funding a hippo parade as part of Walk for Water!
$23
Li Guanhui
$23
Jodi Tran
Let’s goooo Harold! 🏃♂️➡️🏃♂️➡️🏃♂️➡️🏃♂️➡️🏃♂️➡️🏃♂️➡️🏃♂️➡️
$23
Chi & Jo
Full support and blessings!
$23
Anonymous
If you get to $2k I want to see you in an inflatable hippo ballerina suit.
$23
Catia Cardamone
Go chlo xx
$23
Naresh Singh
$23
Raju Subedi
$23
Anonymous
$23
Tony Wise
$23
Anonymous
$23
Bee Kum Ong
$23
Tony Wise
$23
Anonymous
$23
Cindy
$23
Ange Clark
Go Cat!! 🏃🏻♀️
$23
Leslie Timm
Go Cat!!!
$23
Daniel Hanratty
We’re right behind you Hannie 😜
$23
Sarah Furnell
Go Marta!
$23
Mary Kipouridis
Good luck Cait! An amazing effort and great cause.
$22
Lydia Eastwell
$21
Anish Sedhai
Happy to donate for a cause
$20
Marta Malchevski
$20
Meep Moop
Woohooo
$20
Mark Edwardson
Hippo suit here you come!
$20
Ajanta Kadam
Go for it Ervina
$20
Theary Yorn
Good on ya Ervina!
$20
Suzana Mouneimne
$20
Mohita Sahni
Love ya, Sal! Be sure to carb load at the end 🍔
$20
Lily R
$20
Umesh B C
Thank you Ajit for suggesting me to make a small contribution to the WaterAid Australia Overseas Aid Fund. I really appreciate your thoughtful encouragement.
$20
Jill Jonkers
Go Hannah
$20
Henry Ridgway
Better get walking butt face. These dollars don’t walk themselves 🤑💸💰
$20
Anonymous
$20
Fineberg Migration Services
Well done Daniel!
$20
Samantha Doumtses
$17
Patricia Vaz
$15
Helen
This is a great cause
$12
Anonymous
If you get to $2k I want to see you in the inflatable hippo ballerina suit)
$12
Sophy Chia
Good job!
$12
Shirley Hon
$12
Hippidy Hippo
$12
F G
Happy to support!
$12
Amy Yang
Go Jacqui!!!
$12
Fiona Tran
$12
Anonymous
$12
Lisian Teh
$12
Anonymous
$12
Eliza Fazackerley
Thanks for the sweet treat Grace (for a good cause)!
$12
Michelle Dyason
$12
Hayley Hirkins
$12
Tuaha Shakir
$11
Henry
Go Kamalesh! Best of luck mate :)
$11
Abi Sia
$10
Asoka Jayaratne
$10
Henry Nguyen
Hard to resist a cookie for a good cause!
$10
Robert Fittock
$7
Ollie
Good work mum 👍🏻🤩
$6
Anonymous
$6
Helen Roberts-ferguson
Can’t resist your baking, grace!
$6
Sameer Sreenivas
Good luck!
$5
Elvis Yow
$5
Josh
Go mum! I'll walk too!
Our Team Members
Keith McCarthy
Dilshan Perera
Ankita Batra
Ryan George
Keerthana Muhunthan
Alex Forsyth
$28
Tuaha Shakir
$12
Gerry Lukman
David Wong
$53
Adam Anthony
$79
Ravinder Nautiyal
$25
Ab Haseeb
$25
Flora Huang
$25
Rish Khan
$910
Ornella Onofrio
$25
Alex Tu
$25
Raaga Laasya Kondamudi
Liran Podolsky
$25
Tony Citera
$125
Marta Malchevski
$226
Anna Cummins
$75
Ahlam El Halabi
$535
Erika Ashton
$54
Michael Coulthard
$25
Sandy Hung
$25
Simon Eastwell
$25
Caillan Smith
$25
Zinab Al-Khaleefa
$79
Tristan Rennick
$25
Sutejo Tan
$25
Ervina Shin
$181
Jerzy Zywicki
$53
Lauren Marc
$333
Laura Barstow
$435
Kimjan Achilles
$79
Shervi Susanto
$25
Henry Nguyen
$75
Rebecca King
$25
Amber Moore
$25
aaron taing
$53
Vaibhav Kotnala
$25
Jess Staaf
$25
Lynsey Bates
$25
Evan Grosvenor
$25
Cindy Kozel
$79
Jimmy Strack
$25
Marcus Bleechmore
$75
Nichola Tranter
$50
Kate Ashley-Griffiths
$25
Laura Lambe
$25
Amanda Thomson
$25
Reynaldo Alabastro
$25
Gillian Seery
$25
Stacey Shepherd
$37
Youri Casselein
$25
Brendan Hart
$25
Christine Ng
$25
Sandeep Tomar
$25
Ken Singh
$25
Josee Picard
$25
Ben Martial
$58
Larriana Morgan
$25
Nick Sund
$75
Kamalesh Ravikumar
$36
Thilini Amarasooriya
$25
Christina Kalathas
$99
Rachael Errington
$25
Mathew Ramunno
$25
Daniel Verberne
$37
Naveen Arukgoda
$25
Rebecca Rees
$25
Divyansh Sharma
$25
Antoinette Servos
$25
Hannah Wilson
$48
Chloe Merbis
$399
Daniel Jarin
$79
Matt Mullens
$25
Hannah Hanratty
$68
Turan Kilderry
$25
Shantanu Bendre
$50
Eliza Negus
$25
Themba Pasi
$25
Waqas Muhammad
Simon Willis
$345
Boden Hurst
$25
Jocelyn Jaocb
$25
Amber Pyke
$53
Nancy Rawat
$25
Gary Griffin
Sarah Marsh
$25
Caitlin Petersen
$79
Dylan Clough
$100
Jacqui Phelps
$264
Daniel Fonseca
$183
Paisley Wight
$58
Adrianna Beharry
$50
Kenneth Liu
$25
Leo Lazarus
$25
Zoe Larkin
$25
Nicole Kolze
$25
Ash Hamer
$161
Diwakar Pokharel
$25
Virginia Cairns
$25
Natalie Foeng
$25
Tess Ellett
$25
chris farrow
$25
Sona Parashar
Chung Li
$25
Ryan Jamieson
$25
Lara Eastwell
$25
Harold Yow
$700
christie margin
$25
Lisa Ehrenfried
$54
Brenda
$25
Yuanchao Cheng
$25
Michelle Lowry
$25
Keedan Rigney
$25
Nancy ZHAO
$25
Ewa Chlipala
Ann Phan
$25
Cat Nicolas
$350
Arthur Chim
$105
Carlina Doumtses
$99
Yunal Kumar
$25
Alex Tarulli
$107
leisa brough
$78
Ajit Shiwakoti
$281
Julie Bright
$25
Suniti Ruparelia
$53
Jesika Hayes
$25
Laura Mahoney
$25
Ava Cole
$75
Jason Lim
$25
Nura Y
$25
Nina Braid
$25
William Baker
$25
Andre Dana
$25
Shankar Ganesh
$145
Neelesh Joshi
$25
Jacqui Patterson
$25
Felix Edwards
$25
Cynthia Wong
Neil Webb
$81
Patricia Vaz
$42
Matthew Read
$25
Aurora Villanueva
$25
Thessa Barut
$25
Skye Handley
$53
Paris Pollock
$53
Fergus McKittrick
$25
Felicity Gould
$102
Davi de Leon
$53
Cait Doyle
$25
Nicole Bradley
$25
Lydia Eastwell
$47
Daniela Mazzini
$25
Niamh Fitzpatrick
$54
John Ryan
$25
Nikko Chan
$25
Nova Irawati
$25
Meg O'Brien
$53
Emily Chim
$107
Jen Sweatman
$25
Kristen Knight
$131
Jarrad Legg
$25
Chris Ennab
$138
Eliza Fazackerley
$25
Alison Miller
$50
Penny Reid
$25
cameron preston
$25
Stephanie Salinas
$1,527
JOANNA MIDDLETON
$53
Steph Low
$25
Adam Smith
$25
Jess Brooks
$25
venkat kandregula
$25
Mathew Clements
$25
James Box
$53
Monique Galloway
$25
Sally Crook
$350
Ryan Chaffey
$25
Corali Duncan
$78
Alice Yuen
$25
Shilpi Jain
$25
Robert Fittock
$553
Michelle Dyason
$79
Cait Mackenzie
$857
Leanne McKinley
$25
Julia Boyle
$25
Paul Golsworthy
$53
Charisse
$129
Luke Curran
$25
Nicole Freiberg
$25
Veronica Imbuido
$131
Bridie Fennessy
$1,629
Georgia Brown
$100
Grace Rose-Miller
$610
Ugyen Choden
$25
Ry Parrott
$25
Alice Greenhill
$75
Joanna Cooper
$79
Priya Elangovan
$54
Fiona Byrne
$25
Natalia Quinn
$75
Rhiannon Matthews
$53
Mary Ioannidis
$25
Helen Roberts-Ferguson
$25
We’re proud to support your efforts for WaterAid. Clean water changes lives, and your dedication to this cause is inspiring. Wishing you great success with the fundraiser!