World Partnership Walk: Thank You for Your Support

The entire World Partnership team thanks the fundraisers, volunteers, donors, and sponsors of this year's Walk for making the 40th campaign. From National Walks to the many local Walks across the country, your enthusiasm and commitment have been nothing short of inspiring.

With your support, the Walk has raised over $4 million so far! Your hard work and unwavering dedication have made this achievement possible. These funds will play a vital role in empowering communities in Africa and Asia to create a brighter future.

While Walk Week may have ended, our journey is far from over. There are still many ways to support World Partnership movement, including continuing to fundraise and donate throughout the year, attending the local Walk in Ottawa on June 23, and participating in World Partnership Golf events, which are just around the corner!

Approximately 14,500 people participated in the walk. Out of this 3,480 were registered participants.

There were five walks that happened in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Regina. Ottawa will be hosting a Walk this Sunday on June 23.  

There were multiple self-organized walks including Niagara Falls community walks.

The Founding Women attended Walk Days in Toronto and Vancouver, Ismail pipe band in Toronto, and return of Walk Days Edmonton and Calgary.

Following are ongoing programs that were supported by funds raised through the Walk.  

• Foundations for Education and Empowerment (F4EE)   

Foundations for Education and Empowerment (F4EE) aims to improve educational systems at the pre-primary and primary level, in addition to strengthening women’s empowerment and gender equality. The program will address the gender, social, cultural, and economic barriers that women and girls face in accessing education, making life decisions, and improving their equitable learning outcomes as key steps to exercising their basic human rights. 

The program will: 

• Strengthen the delivery of quality, gender-responsive, and inclusive pre-primary and primary education, and other social development services. 
• Reduce gender and social barriers to the utilization and uptake of education and other sustainable development services. 
• Engage international and Canadian stakeholders in gender-sensitive and evidence-based research, dialogue, and development programming. 

Duration: 2020-2027 

Location: Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda 

• Broadening Economic & Social Transformation for Women’s Economic Empowerment & Recovery (BEST4WEER) 

BEST4WEER aims to improve women’s social and economic empowerment during the process of COVID-19 recovery and rebuilding in Gilgit-Baltistan province and the Chitral district in Pakistan. Using a whole community approach by engaging traditional leaders, families, market actors, employers, civil society, government members, and elected officials, the program will create an enabling environment for women’s empowerment and agency during COVID-19 recovery. 

Thank you once again from the Walk team for your unwavering commitment building a future where we all thrive together!

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