The World Partnership Walk team invites you to step forward with passionate Canadians nationwide at Walk Day events or anywhere you choose this spring. View details for the six confirmed Walk Day events below and mark your calendar!

2024 Walk Day details:

• Toronto: May 26, at David Pecaut Square
• Vancouver: June 2, at Lumbermen’s Arch, Stanley Park
• Calgary: June 2, at Prince Island Park
• Edmonton: June 2, at Alberta Legislature Grounds
• Regina: June 2, at QEII West Lawn – Wascana
• Victoria: June 23, The University of Victoria

If there isn’t a Walk Day event in your city or you prefer to self-organize, you can participate anywhere with your team, close ones, or Jamatkhana!

Whether it’s a team walk in your local park, a stroll with your family around the block, or a 5k at a Walk Day event – you will be capturing the essence of what the World Partnership Walk has always been about: coming together to fight global poverty and show the world we are there for them.

Register online today, 

The World Partnership Walk is celebrating its 40th campaign this year. Join the Walk anniversary campaign today and step forward with Canadians from coast to coast to coast! You can participate anywhere and self-organize with family, friends, or colleagues. The Walk has also confirmed  Walk Days in four cities to date: Toronto on May 26 and Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton on June 2!

For 40 campaigns, the generosity of the Jamat has supported communities in Africa and Asia to build a brighter future through the Walk. Milestones like this one allow us to reflect, celebrate, and renew our commitment to creating positive change in the world. Together, the Walk has raised $140 million, contributing to over 180 initiatives that have improved the quality of life of millions worldwide. However, with half of the world's population struggling to meet basic needs, our support is needed now more than ever.

Register online today, walk between May 26 and June 2, and step forward toward a future where we all thrive together!

A strong education system is the foundation of a better future. But the opportunities provided by a quality education remain inaccessible to millions of children around the world, many of them girls. 

This is why World Partnership Walk supports education programming that trains and equips teachers, enabling children around the world to fulfill their potential. These programs focus on improving education systems at the pre-primary and primary levels while strengthening women’s empowerment and gender equality in the wider community. 

For example, funds raised by Walk supporters help improve the quality of education in East Africa, like the investments at Golini primary school in Kenya. These investments provide teachers with training to improve teaching techniques and approaches to ensure gender equality in their classrooms.

Register for the Walk today because together, we can continue to empower teachers, students, parents, and communities to build a better future.

Patrice is a Kenyan entrepreneur who created a business that recycles plastics and rice husks and turns them into eco-friendly beehives for honey production. Patrice also works closely with farmers in her community, educating them on the importance of bees as pollinators and selling or loaning them durable, recycled hives.

Many woman entrepreneurs like Patrice face challenges, including a lack of social support and access to resources. Thanks to support from Canadians like you, Patrice received specialized training and mentorship, which helped her to build and grow a profitable business that benefits her community and the environment.

Your support for the World Partnership Walk helps make stories like Patrice's possible.

Register today.

Mother’s Day is just around the corner! Now is the perfect time to step forward with the World Partnership Walk in support of women and newborns around the world. This is also your chance to have your support go twice as far when you donate or fundraise this weekend.

Meet Mufida, the first and only midwife in her community, located 34 kilometres from Gilgit, Pakistan. Before she opened her clinic, there was no facility for pre-and postnatal care in her community in rural Pakistan. In this region of Pakistan, travelling to neighbouring towns can be challenging due to cost, lack of transportation options, and poor roads, as well as social norms that limit women's independence to travel alone. “When [pregnant women] faced complications, it was not possible to go to the city,” she says, adding that many pregnant women died due to a lack of medical care.

Thanks to support from Canadians like you, Mufida received midwifery training and equipment and was able to open a clinic to serve the women in her village. She now provides care for at least five antenatal mothers and assists in five deliveries every month.

This Mother’s Day, you can help support women and newborns in accessing necessary healthcare services by registering and fundraising for the Walk.

This year, thanks to a generous matching gift from an anonymous donor, the funds you raise for the Walk from May 10 to May 15 will have double the impact. *

Visit the World Partnership Walk website to register today! Together, we can make the world a brighter place for mothers everywhere.

* Only donations made online using World Partnership Walk from Wednesday, May 10 to Monday, May 15, 2023, ending at 11:59pm PT │ 12:59 MT │ 2:59pm ET will be considered eligible, up to a maximum amount of $50,000. Funds raised will be added to your city’s fundraising total and not individual or team fundraising totals.

Our volunteers are an integral part of our movement and a fantastic way to make an impact with other like-minded leaders and change-makers. Whether you are a leader who wants to inspire and manage a team of fundraising volunteers, a student looking to get volunteer hours, or simply looking to give back, you can make a positive difference as a Walk volunteer!

There are lots of great volunteer roles to choose from for the 2023 Walk, including roles in marketing and communications, relationship management, Walk Day experience, and more!

Check out our volunteer positions at worldpartnershipwalk.com/volunteer.

If you have questions about volunteering or would like to support in another way, please email us.

We are proud to present to you the World Partnership Walk Impact Report! In this report, you will find out more about our collective impact in 2022, including details about the results of last year’s campaign, spotlights on fellow Walk participants, and stories from the field. 

Thanks to you and thousands of Canadians from coast-to-coast, we raised $5.7 million through the 2022 World Partnership Walk. With your help, we were able to raise awareness and critical funds that will help empower vulnerable communities around the world to lift themselves out of poverty. 

In other news, we are delighted to inform you that the 2023 World Partnership Walk dates are set for this spring from April 11 to June 25. Stay tuned to your inbox and our social media; we will be announcing more details very soon. 

Thank you for your continued generosity and commitment which made the 2022 Walk a success. We look forward to having you join us again for the 2023 campaign!  

World Partnership Walk (WPW) is Canada’s largest campaign to fight global poverty. An initiative of Aga Khan Foundation Canada, funds raised by the Walk support programs that help millions of people in Africa and Asia to lift themselves out of poverty and build better futures. Since its inception over 30 years ago, World Partnership Walk has raised over $100 million, attracting tens of thousands of supporters across Canada.

As a city Chair of the World Partnership Walk you will collaborate with a team of national volunteers and AKFC staff to plan and execute a successful annual Walk peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. You will be responsible for building and leading a team of volunteers to drive fundraiser engagement, identify and cultivate relationships with key corporate and community supporters, and promote and track walk events in your region, to achieve fundraising targets. The ideal candidate has a knack for networking, and a passion for leading and mobilizing their networks and communities to take action in support of Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s global development work.

For more information on this new position and to apply, please see the job posting. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 11.

Qualified applicants should submit a cover letter and resume via email indicating “City Chair, Edmonton” in the subject line.